Councillor Chohan you sit on the employment committee and at the meeting which you attended last Tuesday we discussed this issue, I do not understand why you failed to raise this question there? Let me repeat for your benefit some of the details we all discussed.

Staff turnover is measured on a monthly basis. These figures are published internally and reported to Members at the Employment Committee.

Turnover figures are expressed in annual terms (i.e. over a twelve month period).

The figures for turnover within a month are used for monitoring trends. The turnover has reduced from approximately 22% to the current levels over the last eighteen months.

There was a slight increase in August but this is due to a seasonal variation arising from the use of contracts related to the school year in the Learning and Cultural Services Directorate.