I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Specifically, I am requesting details on ALL spending with recruitment agencies, particularly spending that is not via your managed service provider.

1. What is the name of your agency recruitment provider aka an MSP (example Matrix, Comensura, Reed)?

2. What was the total spend via that MSP provider from 1/1/2024 to 1/1/2025?

3. What was the spend on ‘off contract’ Agency Workers/Consultants/Interims that were not supplied by the MSP from 1/1/2024 to 1/1/2025?

4. Please provide (preferably on excel) the spend, suppliers name, department, and most importantly the job title of that ‘off contract’ worker spend (as stipulated in point 3)

5. What was the spend on recruitment agencies used for permanent recruitment, agencies name, spend and department

*For clarity, ‘off contract’ is spend on agency workers/consultants, whereby the supplier has invoiced the council directly and NOT via the MSP provider as outlined in point 1.