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Prior to 1st April 23, staff would approach
agencies direct to bring in agency staff to fill vacant roles or to
provide additional capacity as and when required.
In 2022, a project was set up to review agency spend and several
solutions were implemented, including the roll out of the Crown
Commercial Services Temporary Agency Worker Framework (RM6277)
which included multiple agencies across a number of job roles. This
went live on the 1st April 2023.
Within the Housing and Property Services Directorate, there is a
high dependency on agency staff for key roles, as the service
department have been unable to recruit to the post or the role is
required for a short period, to cover temporary work
requirements.
A number of roles have been in place before the CCS Agency
Framework was rolled out in April 2023.
Several services have also indicated that some of the more
specialist roles are difficult to fill using the providers on the
framework. Additionally in some cases preferential rates have been
negotiated directly with the Agency, something we would not be able
to do through the CCS framework.
Through a combination of continuation of role and the inability to
recruit from those willing to supply staff via the framework there
are some posts recruited to from outside of the framework
agreement.
Finally, the Housing and Property Directorate are currently in the
middle of a transformation project, called Housing Transformation
Improvement Programme (HTIP), which is due to the concluded in
Summer 25. As part of the project, resources within departments
will be reviewed to identify what each service requires in terms of
resources to support the services we deliver to our tenants and
residents. While we wait for this project to be concluded, the
Housing Service is looking to extend several business-critical
roles to maintain the service currently being delivered.
Decision Maker: Chief Executive
Decision published: 03/01/2025
Effective from: 31/12/2024
Decision:
1)To approve the extension of a number of
roles, as set out in Appendix 1 of the report.
2)To set aside the Council’s Commissioning and Procurement
Standing Orders to extend the roles.
Lead officer: Andrew Linden
The Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS) is a statutory report that must be prepared annually by Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) collecting authorities, and published on their website no later than the 31 December.
The contents of the IFS are set out in Part 2 of the Community Infrastructure Regulations 2010 (as amended) and include total income and expenditure for the previous financial year relating to CIL and Section 106 (S106).
Authorities are required to include details of any receipt or spend of funds by either the Local Authority or, where appropriate, Town and Parish Councils and information for the following year on CIL priorities.
Decision Maker: Portfolio Holder for Place
Decision published: 03/01/2025
Effective from: 11/01/2025
Decision:
The Infrastructure Funding Statement (IFS) is a statutory report that must be prepared annually by Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) collecting authorities, and published on their website no later than the 31 December.
The contents of the IFS are set out in Part 2 of the Community Infrastructure Regulations 2010 (as amended) and include total income and expenditure for the previous financial year relating to CIL and Section 106 (S106).
Authorities are required to include details of any receipt or spend of funds by either the Local Authority or, where appropriate, Town and Parish Councils and information for the following year on CIL priorities.
Lead officer: Emma Cooper