FOI request - Environmental Health Staffing

Request 101003976808

The questions relate to Environmental Health / Public Protection teams covering Statutory Nuisance, Housing, Private Water Supplies, Contaminated Land, PPC, Air Quality, Food and Environmental Crime for the 2024/25 2025/26 financial years.

Please could you provide the following got years a) 2024/2025 Financial Year and b) 2025/2026 Financial Year:

1. How many FTE contractors/agency staff were used in these areas?

2. The overall spend on contractors/agency staff in these areas?

3. What role(s) were the contractors / agency staff covering? E.g. investigation of nuisances or water sampling.

4. How long the contractor/ Agency staff were hired to complete this work to the nearest month?

5. How much was spent on over-time for non-agency staff within these areas?

6. How much was spent on training for teams within these areas?

7. How many staff did you recruit into teams within these areas?