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Vacancy rates: the figures in full

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Saturday 18 April 2009 13:18

Community Care's exclusive investigation into vacancy rates in children's and adults' services departments in England found that 10.9% - or one in nine - posts were vacant nationally.

The figures, collected from local authorities under the Freedom of Information Act, also found that the national vacancy rate in adults' services stands at 12.1% compared with 13% for children's services.

The map below shows a regional breakdown of vacancy rates across children's and adults' services by region. The table beneath gives figures for children's, adults' and combined services by local authority.

Regional breakdown

Vacancy rates by local authority

Authority
Total Vacancies(%)

Children's
services vacancies (%)

Adults' services vacancies (%)
Nationwide
10.9
13.0
12.1
Barking and Dagenham London Borough Council
23.9
22.4
29.4
Barnet London Borough Council
8.6
10.2
6.5
Barnsley Borough Council
14.2
14.9
13.0
Bath and North East Somerset Council****
2.8
3.2
2.5
Bedfordshire County Council
16.9
11.0
23.9
Bexley Council
24.8
23.4
27.8
Birmingham City Council*
16.9
Blackburnwith Darwen Council
15.9
Blackpool Council
7.0
Bournemouth Borough Council
18.2
16.4
19.7
Bracknell Forest Borough Council
1.9
2.0
1.9
Brighton and Hove City Council
6.7
4.5
10.5
Bristol City Council
4.7
5.5
3.8
Bromley London Borough Council
18.5
17.1
20.2
Buckinghamshire County Council*
18.9
22.7
15.7
Bury Metropolitan Borough Council
12.5
13.0
12.2
Calderdale Council
4.2
5.1
3.4
Cambridgeshire County Council
8.2
6.3
10.5
Cornwall County Council
7.7
Corporation of London
14.3
Coventry City Council
23.5
33.3
15.0
Cumbria County Council
4.5
Darlington Council
9.7
11.5
8.7
Derby City Council
5.0
1.9
7.7
Derbyshire County Council
10.8
9.9
12.1
Devon County Council
14.2
13.0
16.2
Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
14.3
19.3
3.6
Dorset County Council
4.0
Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
11.4
17.6
7.9
Durham County Council
6.9
4.5
9.0
East Sussex County Council
2.8
3.0
2.6
Gateshead Council
10.0
11.1
8.8
Gloucestershire County Council
13.1
19.7
5.3
Hammersmithand Fulham London Borough Council
21.0
14.3
30.8
Haringey London Borough Council
27.2
30.9
17.3
Harrow London Borough Council
9.6
2.8
21.4
Hartlepool
4.3
Havering London Borough Council
17.3
5.1
29.9
Hertfordshire County Council
18.2
Isles of Scilly Council
0.0
0.0
0.0
Kensington and Chelsea*
6.8
Kent County Council
13.3
16.8
1.8
Kingston Upon Hull City Council
9.0
7.1
23.1
Kirklees Metropolitan Council
9.8
9.9
9.7
Lancashire County Council
12.9
6.5
23.9
Leeds City Council
4.1
7.5
Leicestershire County Council**
12.1
12.6
11.6
Lewisham London Borough Council
3.8
3.8
3.7
Lincolnshire County Council
11.0
13.5
8.8
Liverpool City Council***
21.3
London Borough of Camden
19.4
21.3
16.8
London Borough of Greenwich
12.9
London Borough of Hillingdon
5.2
London Borough of Islington
8.0
5.1
15.7
London Borough of Lambeth***
33.7
London Borough of Southwark
20.3
18.1
24.1
Luton Borough Council****
15.4
15.3
15.8
Medway Council
12.9
Merton London Borough Council
16.7
14.6
19.6
Metropolitan Borough of Solihull*
19.8
Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
6.6
Middlesbrough Council
3.1
4.2
1.1
MiltonKeynes Council
20.8
Newcastle Upon Tyne
7.1
5.3
9.0
Newham London Borough Council
18.6
22.0
13.8
Norfolk County Council
7.6
7.6
7.5
North Lincolnshire Council
3.3
0.0
7.1
North Somerset Council
16.3
17.3
15.2
North Tyneside Council
6.0
2.9
9.2
North Yorkshire County Council
5.3
5.6
4.3
Northamptonshire County Council
20.2
24.8
11.4
Northumberland County Council
2.6
2.8
2.5
Nottinghamshire County Council
17.0
25.1
3.9
Oldham Metropolitan Borough Council
29.4
26.4
32.8
Oxfordshire Council*****
8.4
8.2
8.5
Redcar and Cleveland Council
17.3
14.0
21.3
Richmond upon Thames London Borough Council
12.6
14.9
10.9
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
9.8
13.8
7.1
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
18.9
27.2
10.6
Rutland County Council
16.7
28.6
9.1
Salford City Council
12.3
16.4
8.7
Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
15.6
15.3
16.2
Sefton Borough Council
5.3
7.8
3.0
Shropshire County Council
18.9
20.0
18.1
Slough Borough Council
22.4
17.9
31.3
Somerset County Council
3.6
South Gloucestershire Council
11.3
8.6
19.4
South Tyneside*
3.4
2.7
4.7
Southampton City Council
14.0
10.6
15.4
Staffordshire County Council
17.2
17.4
17.0
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
5.0
7.1
3.2
Stockton Borough Council*
10.7
Stokeon Trent Council
8.5
13.2
Suffolk County Council
14.8
13.9
17.2
Surrey Council
13.3
17.1
9.7
Swindon Borough Council
7.6
3.9
12.2
Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council
3.9
5.5
2.5
Telford and Wrekin Council
17.1
Thurrock Council*
17.6
Tower Hamlets London Borough Council
19.2
20.8
17.4
Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council
17.2
30.0
8.2
Wakefield Council
15.3
18.9
11.7
Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
25.1
19.2
29.7
Waltham Forest London Borough Council
30.8
Warrington Council
12.0
14.3
10.6
Warwickshire County Council
7.8
8.1
7.3
West Berkshire Council
18.7
26.7
10.9
West Sussex County Council
10.6
11.8
9.5
Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council*
12.2
12.5
12.0
Wokingham Borough Council
14.6
20.5
9.3
Wolverhampton City Council
23.1
Worcestershire County Council*
22.8
22.2
23.3
York City Council
8.9
11.8
3.6

Notes:
The above table will be updated if local authorities provide extra information. It was last updated on 16 April 2009.
All data refers to the situation as it was on 31 January 2009 unless otherwise stated.
Those local authorites not on the list are not represented because they declined to provide figures.
** Data from 1 November 2008
** Data from 31 December 2008
*** Data from February 2009
**** Data from December 2008 and January 2009
*****Data from late 2008
For more information, contact comcare.foi@rbi.co.uk or 020 8652 4828.

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