WEB_SportEngland_AR_2016-17

STAFF COSTS, NUMBERS AND COMPOSITION
Costs (£’000s)
2017 2016
Permanent staff & fixed term temporary staff
Wages and salaries 11,176 10,811
Social security costs 1,183 1,142
Pension costs 1,665 1,752
Total permanent staff & fixed staff 14,024 13,705
Agency staff 1,047 996
Total 15,701 14,701
The table above shows the consolidated position.
The total permanent and fixed staff amount of £14.0m
is made up of Exchequer £4.7m (33%) and Lottery
£9.4m (67%). Included in Wages and Salaries is £0.6
million of exit packages to align the organisation’s
structure to the new strategy.
We have a total of 233 (2016: 242) permanent and
fixed-term temporary staff and a total of 19 (2016: 18)
agency staff.
Within the above staff numbers there were 65
homeworkers (2015–16: 61) which represented 27.9%
and 25.2% of the headcount in each of the respective
years.
In 2016–17 the senior Executive team comprised
of three women 1 (including the Chief Executive),
and three men (2015–16: 4 women and 3 men).
Women currently make up 52% our workforce
(2015–16: 51%).
Sickness absence during the year excluding long-term
sick absence averaged 1.82 days per person (2016:
2.64 days). There were eight colleagues who had
long-term sickness of greater than 20 days (2016: 7).
There was no relevant consultancy expenditure during
the year (2016: £nil).
Off payroll tax engagements
As of March 31, 2017, there were three off payroll tax
engagements in 2016–17, (2015–16: three) earning
more than £220 per day for longer than six months.
The required evidence and declarations were obtained
for all off payroll engagements.
Staff policies and recruitment
Sport England is focused on helping individuals and
communities from all backgrounds take part in sport
and physical activity. As an employer we actively seek
to ensure that our workforce reflects the communities
we serve, recognising that this makes us better able
to understand their needs and priorities. We can only
do this by ensuring that the people who work for us
are the best they can be irrespective of their age,
gender, sexuality, ethnicity, disability, marital status,
religion or belief. We attained Investors in Diversity
accreditation in February 2015 and are working
towards reaccreditation by June 2017. We are also a
Stonewall Diversity Champion.
What matters to us is that we have talented,
enthusiastic and experienced professionals working
with us who can help deliver our strategic outcomes
while living up to our values of positive, united, expert
and focused.
We value the ideas and contributions from all of our
people; we welcome and support difference; and our
aim is to ensure that equality, diversity and inclusion
run through everything we do as an employer.
Sport England participates in the Two Ticks scheme.
As a participant in the scheme we have committed
to interview all disabled applicants who meet the
minimum criteria for a job vacancy and to consider
them on their abilities.
In the event a member of staff becomes disabled, we
take steps to ensure we support their employment
wherever possible through discussion with the
employee, occupational health and other aspects as
appropriate.
1
Tanya Joseph left the organisation in January 2017 reducing the number of women on the senior Executive team from four to three. 41