Our Ref: NY8902

Date: 09 January 2024

Freedom of information request reference no: NY8902

I write in connection with your request for information that was received by the Office of the Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for North Yorkshire (OPFCC) 06 December 2023.

Question/ Request:

Qu 1. How many new permanent hires joined your organisation in 2022?
Qu 2. How many new permanent hires came through external providers in 2022?
Qu 3. How many team members work in your Recruitment Team?
Qu 4. What is your time to hire from adverting to onboarding?
Qu 5. What was your attrition rate in 2022?
Qu 6. What is your average cost per hire (including attraction and screening) in 2022?
Qu 7. How much did you spend with external providers of permanent recruitment in 2022?
Qu 8. How many unique agency contractors/temps/interims did you use in 2022?
Qu 9. How much did you spend on agency contractors/temps/interims in 2022?
Qu 10. Are you meeting your diversity targets? (yes or no)
Qu 11. How many candidates applied for roles in 2022? What is your candidate drop-out rate?
Qu 12. Which systems do you use for your permanent recruitment process?

Answer/ Response:

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within the OPFCC.

I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by the OPFCC.

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.

Qu 1. How many new permanent hires joined your organisation in 2022? 2 permanent hires joined the OPFCC team
Qu 2. How many new permanent hires came through external providers in 2022? – Zero
Qu 3. How many team members work in your Recruitment Team? – Zero. Enable North Yorkshire facilitate all of the recruitment activities for OPFCC
Qu 4. What is your time to hire from adverting to onboarding? We did not collate this information in 2022
Qu 5. What was your attrition rate in 2022? We did not collate this information in 2022
Qu 6. What is your average cost per hire (including attraction and screening) in 2022? We did not collate this information in 2022
Qu 7. How much did you spend with external providers of permanent recruitment in 2022? Zero
Qu 8. How many unique agency contractors/temps/interims did you use in 2022? 3 temporary hires joined the OPFCC team
Qu 9. How much did you spend on agency contractors/temps/interims in 2022? Zero with agency contractors
Qu 10. Are you meeting your diversity targets? (yes or no) Further information required
Qu 11. How many candidates applied for roles in 2022? What is your candidate drop-out rate? 28 applications received. We did not collate information on the dropout rate.
Qu 12. Which systems do you use for your permanent recruitment process? We utilise an applicant tracking system, engageATS

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that the OPFCC’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.

Update 16/01/2024

Our Ref: NY8902 Addendum
Date: 16 January 2024

Freedom of information request reference no: NY8902 Addendum

As per the previous correspondence on the 09 January 2024. We are now able to provide further information to question 10 of your questions that we received on the 06 December 2023.

Question/ Request:
Qu 10. Are you meeting your diversity targets? (yes or no)

Answer/ Response:
Qu 10. Are you meeting your diversity targets? (yes or no)- The OPFCC diversity target is for our workforce to be representative of the communities we serve. Currently the OPFCC office is underrepresented for ethnic minority colleagues.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that the OPFCC’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.