Employee Statistics

Information about the number of employees in post are often requested by members of the public and are therefore reproduced here.

Headcount figures refer to the number of employees working for the Council.

FTE Headcount refers to the Full Time Equivalent number of employees (calculated by dividing the total hours worked by all employees by the average hours worked in a full-time job).

*Please note that until 31 March 2010 the Council calculated its employee statistics in accordance with the Audit Commission BVPI requirements. This required us to report on the basis of employees who were either permanently employed or had been employed for a year or more on a fixed term contract. The Council is no longer required to report this Best Value Performance Indicator to the Audit Commission therefore Headcount figures now include all Permanent and Fixed Term employees irrespective of their length of service.

Month Headcount Full time equivalent headcount Working days lost due to sickness absence per person in year so far (this builds up month by month from April to March)
January 2012 490 445.21 6.47
December 2011 489 444.24 5.67
November 2011 490 444.69 5.01
October 2011 490 444.82 4.18
September 2011 490.5 444.92 3.45
August 2011 490.5 445.99 2.76
July 2011 488.5 443.53 2.01
June 2011 488.5 444.19 1.70
May 2011 490 444.69 1.19
April 2011 498 451.83 0.63
March 2011 500 454.7 7.33
February 2011 505.5 460.82 6.54
Year (April to March) Average Headcount for the year Average FTE BVPI Headcount for the year Average number of days absence per person for the year
2010/11 515.21 468.61 7.33
2009/10 528.04 482.32 10.56
2008/09 518.79 476.30 12.82
2007/08 492.16 452.19 10.95
2006/07 478.83 436.44 9.96
2005/06 593.08 499.99 11.18
2004/05 803.30 Data not available 7.72

Page last updated on 6 February 2012