This is a freedom of information request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide the following information you have pertaining to local authority agency recruitment expenditure.

1. What is the total value of spend by your Local Authority with recruitment agencies for nurses, healthcare assistants (HCAs) and care workers on a temporary basis? Please provide this information for the following years. Please only include spend on Local Authority-operated services (i.e. exclude expenditure on agencies by private care operators).
a) Nurse (e.g. RGN, RMN)
Apr-18 to Mar-19:
Apr-19 to Mar-20:
Apr-20 to Mar-21:
Apr-21 to Mar-22:
b) Healthcare assistant (HCA)
Apr-18 to Mar-19:
Apr-19 to Mar-20:
Apr-20 to Mar-21:
Apr-21 to Mar-22:
c) Care workers
Apr-18 to Mar-19:
Apr-19 to Mar-20:
Apr-20 to Mar-21:
Apr-21 to Mar-22:
We don’t employ any of the staff covered in this request.

2. Total value of spend by your Local Authority with recruitment agencies for nurses, healthcare assistants (HCAs) and care workers on a temporary basis, listed by the recruitment agency that was used to place the worker. Please provide this information for the following years. Please only include expenditure on Local Authority-operated services (i.e. exclude expenditure on agencies by private care operators).
Total spend on nurses, healthcare assistants and care workers that are recruited on a temporary basis via an agency (by agency)
Recruitment agency
a) Apr-18 to Mar-19:
b) Apr-19 to Mar-20:
c) Apr-20 to Mar-21:
d) Apr-21 to Mar-22:
We don’t employ any of the staff covered in this request.