Building standards - workforce data collection: analysis report 2023
Provides a national-level view of the challenges facing the building standards profession in relation to resourcing, development of competencies and levels of turnover.
15.0 Staff moving within or leaving the profession
15.1. The number of staff moving within or leaving the profession in 2023 with a given reason is 35, a decrease of 36 from 2022 to 2023. The reasons include retirement (17), public sector (4) and the private sector (4). Those moving to another local authority building standards office (10) are recorded as leavers in this data, note that these staff have not left the profession. See Table 11.
15.2. An additional 5 staff left the profession in 2023 but no reason was given and therefore are not reflected in the table below.
| Reason | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | Difference from 2022 (+/-) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Retirement | 22 | 29 | 17 | -12 |
| Local Authority Building Standards Office | 12 | 19 | 10 | -9 |
| Public sector role – outwith Building Standards | 6 | 9 | 4 | -5 |
| Private Sector | 8 | 14 | 4 | -10 |
| Total | 48 | 71 | 35 | - 36 |
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