Staff numbers and pay groups (FOI)Staff numbers and pay groups (FOI)
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​Request 683664001
Freedom of Information response 658789949
(https://www.gov.je/government/freedomofinformation/pages/foi.aspx?ReportID=7994)
refers to the following Pay Group Categories and head count within CYPES in October 2024:
- Teachers - 886.96
- Civil Servants (both in schools and central services) - 609.96
- Teaching Assistants - 484.69
- WFM: RCCOs, Registered Managers / Team Leaders and Youth Workers - 126.31
- Manual Workers - 120.23
- Highlands College Lecturers - 96.13
- Heads & Deputies - 87.00
- Nurses and Midwives - 9.89
- Personal Contract Holders - 7.00
A) Please provide headcount figures for each of the above pay group categories in 2023 (figures at YE 31/12/2023)
B) Please provide the total wage bill for each of the above pay group categories in 2023 (figures at YE 31/12/2023)
C) Please provide the total wage bill for each of the above pay group categories 2024 (figures at YE 31/12/2024)
Response
(A) The headcount figures held in the Connect HR system for each of the pay group categories requested in 2023 (figures at 31/12/2023) along with the figures referenced above and provided in October 2024:
| Pay Group | FTE 2023 | FTE 2024 |
| Teachers | 874.54
| 886.96 |
Civil Servants (across all services, includes social workers)
| 565.62 | 609.96 |
| Teaching Assistants | 445.93 | 484.69 |
| WFM: RCCOs, Registered Managers, Team Leaders and Youth Workers | 126.34 | 126.31 |
| Manual Workers | 95.5 | 120.23 |
| Highlands College Lecturers | 92.5 | 96.13 |
| Heads and Deputies | 86 | 87 |
| Nurses and Midwives | 8.79 | 9.8 |
| Personal Contract Holders: Tier 1, 2 and 3 senior Civil Servants | 8 | 7
|
​​Pay groups and applicable pay scales are available here​.
(B)&(C) The total wage bill for each of the pay group categories requested in 2023 (figures at year end 31/12/2023) and 2024 (figures at year end 31/12/2024) are:
It is not possible to provide this information as it is not recorded in a reportable format, Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.
We can however provide links to data already published held regarding the Employee Costs by department (pg 169) and Employee Costs by Paygroup (pg 171) here:
Annual Reports and Accounts 2023 Part 2 Accountability Report.pdf​
Article applied
Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”
For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –
(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or
(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.
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