Agency Workers Spending

Request

This is a freedom of information request regarding agency workers in your council workforce. I am looking for information for 2024-25, 2023-24 and 2022-23 and have included tables which you can use if convenient. Please provide me with:

 

 

1) The number of agency workers in your council in each year

 

2) The percentage of the council workforce comprised of agency workers in each year

 

3) The number of agency workers who have been with the council for over 2 years in each year



4) The number of agency workers being paid over £75,000 (full time equivalent) per year in each year

 

5) The council's total agency worker spending in each year

  

6) The overall staff turnover rate in each year

 

2024-25

2023-24

2022-23



7) Total number of agency workers

 

8) Total spending on agency workers

 

9) Agency workers as a percentage of workforce

 

10) Number of agency workers engaged for more than 2 years

 

11) Number of agency workers paid £75k and above (full time equivalent) 

 

12) Overall staff turnover rate

 

13) A breakdown of the number of agency workers by engagement reason

in each year. If your HR system categorises these differently, please use those categories instead:

  

Reason

2024-25

2023-24

2022-23



14) Cover for long term sickness

Decision

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. 

 

1-14 Please see attached document.

 

Should you require the attachments mentioned above please contact customerinformationservice@lincolnshire.gov.uk with the below reference number and this can be provided.

Reference number
13508559
Date request received
21 August 2025
Date of decision
27 October 2025