Use of contractors in COVID-19 recovery and response measures

Details of the request

This OIA is re Covid recovery/response measures, and the use of contractors by your agency/dept for that
Please consider any reference to 'covid recovery' to include any work programme or similar that largely or primarily is aimed to respond to the pandemic or its impacts.
Pls consider any reference to ‘contractors’ to mean contractors whose engagement with your dept or agency is primarily or largely related ton ny aspect of Covid recovery (NOT contractors in general)
For timeframes, where applicable pls provide figures per quarter. Starting point is sent by response to Covid. Pls note where it is known of any end points in use of contractors
We request release to it, in full and in fully searchable format, the following information and/or documents, in relation to your agency/dept:

1. detail of how covid recovery is being primarily undertaken, including:
2. the name of any units/teams/similar leading it, or involved in it
3. if these are new or repurposed units/teams/similar, the date when they began covid work
4. number of permanent and/or fixed term staff (not contractors) working (primarily) in any aspect of Covid recovery
5. number of contractors working
6. if available, budgeted spending on contractors of Covid recovery
7. Actual hourly or daily (or other) rates of contractors at whatever level (similar to what is provided in your Annual Reviews to select committee)
8. range of hourly or daily (or other) rates of contractors at whatever level
9. Separately, the same for consultants (if available)
10. if a contractor is in charge, or second in charge, of a Covid recovery units/teams/similar and/or work programme, pls detail all such roles
• what that position is
• how long they have been engaged in that role
11. if a covid recovery units/teams/similar worker numbers are more than 50% contractors, pls state and describe
12. pls detail the variation of that % over time eg up or down
13. pls detail why over 50% of such staff are contractors
14. pls detail any cases where unplanned/unexpected employee attrition or turnover has had an impact on number of contractors having to be engaged, and/or length of that engagement, and/or the seniority of position having to be filled by a contractor
15. provide a timeline in terms of when contracts wind up, or are forecast to, or when units/teams/similar/work programme winds up or is forecast to
16. any complaints received from employees, unions, contractors or the public about use of contractors or consultants in covid recovery
17. pls detail if any audit or review or similar has been or will be, or might be, undertaken re use of contractors or consultants in covid recovery