Workforce and Staffing Expenditure 2025

I am writing under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request information relating to your organisation's workforce and staffing expenditure for the most recently completed financial year, 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Please could you provide the following information:



1. Total Workforce Spend (FY 2025/26)

Please provide the total workforce spend incurred by the authority during the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, including agency workers, contractors, interim managers, permanent recruitment, staff banks and outsourced workforce services.



2. Current Workforce Suppliers

Please provide a list of all workforce suppliers used during the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, including total spend with each supplier.



3. Managed Service Provider (MSP), Neutral Vendor or RPO Arrangements

Please provide details of any current MSP, Neutral Vendor or Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) arrangements, including:

a) Supplier name

b) Contract start date

c) Contract expiry date



4. Workforce Technology Solutions

Please provide details of any Vendor Management System (VMS), Staff Bank Platform or workforce technology solution currently in use, including:

a) Supplier name

b) Contract expiry date



5. Workforce Supplier Spend

Please provide the total spend with each workforce supplier during the financial year 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.



6. Contract Renewal Opportunities

Please provide details of any workforce-related contracts due to expire within the next 24 months, including:

a) Contract description

b) Incumbent supplier

c) Contract expiry date



7. Procurement Frameworks

Please confirm which procurement framework(s) are currently used for workforce and recruitment services.



8. Responsible Department

Please confirm which department is responsible for workforce procurement (e.g. Procurement, HR, Workforce Planning or Commercial Services).



9. Key Contact

Please provide the name, job title and business contact details of the individual responsible for workforce procurement and recruitment services, where this information is publicly disclosable.



Please provide all spend figures exclusive of VAT where available.

Where FY 2025/26 data is not yet available, please provide the most recent 12-month period for which information is held.

1. The figure of £217,108,088 is the gross pay form the PR & FR payrolls plus the on contract and off-contract agency spend for 2025/26.

2. All contract information is published, and access is available free of charge. The website for the contract register is: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login You will need to register, which is free of charge, to access the site and contract register.

3. Supplier name Matrix - MSP

Contract start date 30.01.23

Contract expiry date 25.01.27

4. Supplier name TribePad - ATS

Contract expiry date 01.12.28

5. This information is not available as it is deemed commercially sensitive

6a-c. All contract information is published, and access is available free of charge. The website for the contract register is: https://procontract.due-north.com/Login You will need to register, which is free of charge, to access the site and contract register

7. GCloud

ESPO

8. HR and Procurement

9. information is not publicly disclosable

Please provide all spend figures exclusive of VAT where available.

Where FY 2025/26 data is not yet available, please provide the most recent 12-month period for which information is held.