FI15467

Request

1. As of the 31st of March each year since 2020, how many full time employees did the council have?

2. For each of the years up to those dates, how many employees left the council? 

2a. Please break down the number of employees who left by reason for leaving in as much detail as possible: ie, redundancy, dismissal, retirement, etc

3.      In each of the years leading up to these dates, please tell me the amount of money the council has spent on wages (ie, not including pension contributions, expenses or redundancy payments)

4.      In each of the years leading up to these dates please tell me the total amount of money the council has spent on redundancy payments, and the number of payments made to reach that total

Response

1. As follows:

31/03/2020 - 270

31/03/2021 - 309

31/03/2022 - 401

31/03/2023 - 359

31/03/2024 – 363

As at 10/01/2025 - 368

2. As follows:

Year

Total Leavers

Types of leavers

Resignation

Retirement

End of Fixed Term Contract

Redundancy

Dismissal

Other

2019/2020

41

23

10

1

2

1

4

2020/2021

41

23

7

5

1

1

4

2021/2022

99

57

14

7

1

2

16

2022/2023

138

109

11

7

6

1

5

2023/2024

87

63

13

2

1

4

4

2024/2025

56

37

7

3

5

1

3

3. As follows:

2020/21- £11,867,162

2021/22- £13,940,490

2022/23- £15,915,629

2023/24- £15,799,293

2024/25 to November- £9,885,497

4. This can be found in the Statement of Accounts under 'Exit Packages' which are available on the Council’s website at https://www.dover.gov.uk/Corporate-Information/Financial-Information/Budgets--Accounts.aspx.  For 2024/25 (April to November) there have been two payments totalling £70,061.