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Feb 2023
Council spending on agency staff rises sevenfold to £5m
North Yorkshire County Council is set to spend nearly £5 million on agency staff pay this year.
In a report due before the council’s overview and scrutiny committee, the authority forecasts its spend on agency workers has increased from £716,389 in 2020/21 to about £5 million in 2022/23.
Spending reached £4,282,458 in the first three quarters of this year.
Justine Brooksbank, assistant chief executive for business support at the council, said in the report:
Ms Brooksbank added:
The report said that labour market pressures, particularly in the social care sector, had caused problems with recruiting and retaining staff - which then led to higher agency spend.
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