Lee-Anne Van Dyk
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Your Ref / 18/03/11
209984

Dear Lee-Anne Van Dyk

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FOI Requests: 209984
No. of temporary employees currently employed by the City of Edinburgh Council
Notes
Temporary Staff includes, Temporary, Casual, Fixed Term and Supply contracts
Figures include multi-post holders
Details as at 31 January 2011
Department / Dept Headcount / No Temp Staff / Temp Staff FTE
Chief Executive / 1.00 / 0.00 / 0.00
Children & Families / 9,114.00 / 1,952.00 / 1,007.57
Children & Families (Supply Staff) / 1,802.00 / 1,802.00 / 0.00
City Development / 818.00 / 72.00 / 70.49
Corporate Services / 2,307.00 / 267.00 / 68.87
Finance / 582.00 / 8.00 / 8.00
Health & Social Care / 3,480.00 / 236.00 / 86.63
Services for Communities / 3,448.00 / 302.00 / 273.36
Total / 21,552.00 / 4,639.00 / 1,514.92
Cost of Temporary/Agency Staff to the City of Edinburgh Council
Agency Staff
The cost to the City of Edinburgh Council using Agency staff was £10.473m for the period 1 April 2010 to 31 January 2011.
Caveat:
As with all figures taken straight from the ledger, it is dependent on staff coding expenditure appropriately and accurately.
Temporary Employees
As at 31 January 2010, the cost to the City of Edinburgh Council of temporary employees was £30,420,335.99
Caveat:
This information is based on employees' gross annual salary and excludes employers' costs and additional allowances.