Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 I would like to request the following information from the council from the last five financial years (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25):

1. The amount spent by the council on temporary (or additional supply) staff from recruitment and employment agencies. Please can this be broken down into spending on temporary staff from recruitment and employment agencies in relation to:
a.) Children's social care (vulnerable children)
b.) Adult's social care
c.) Other
This information has previously been disclosed and can be located on the following link under reference 19700: https://www.wokingham.gov.uk/council-and-meetings/information-and-data-protection/see-answers-previous-information-requests?keywords=agency&year=2025&month=

2. The total amount spent by the council on all staff (including permanent staff, agency staff and freelancers etc).
2020/2021
Permanent staff: 55,736,284.39
Agency staff: 6689173.48
2021/2022
Permanent staff: 62,943,450.38
Agency staff: 7080363.86
2022/2023
Permanent staff: 68,417,508.34
Agency staff: 8932791.37
2023/2024
Permanent staff: 72,568,046.72
Agency staff: 9065343.15
2024/2025
Permanent staff: 78,162,713.92
Agency staff: 7601796.33