7.2 Financial modelling
As can be observed, if all new unitary councils were below 300,000, this would result in a requirement for over 1,000 additional management and senior roles, with an estimated annual cost of £95m. This programme’s analysis suggests nearly 500 additional senior staff and annual cost of £41m if all authorities were between 300,000 and 500,000 population. In contrast, if all new unitary councils were above 500,000 in
To allow consistent comparison with the demand variation and unit cost analysis, Figure 26 examines the anticipated change in staffing cost if all county areas disaggregated into authorities of 300,000 or lower population, between 300,000 and 500,000 population, or 500,000+ population.
population, a net reduction in senior management could be experienced.
Figure 26: Forecast increase in staffing cost
Figure 27: Forecast increase in staffing numbers
The forecast increase in senior staffing costs if all new unitaries are of average population in each segment
The forecast increase in senior staffing numbers if all new unitaries are of average population in each segment
1200
£100,000k
1000
£80,000k
800
£60,000k
600
£40,000k
400
£20,000k
200
£0k
0
£-20,000k
-200
300k or below 300-500k
500k+
300k or below 300-500k
500k+
Unitary size
Unitary size
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