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Expenditure on Consultants 2015/16 and 2016/17: Reference from Renewal and Recreation PDS Committee

 

 

Meeting: 08/12/2016 - Contracts and Commissioning Sub-Committee (Item 37)

37 EXPENDITURE ON CONSULTANTS 2015/16 AND 2016/17 - REFERENCE FROM RENEWAL AND RECREATION PDS COMMITTEE pdf icon PDF 156 KB

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Report CSD16181

 

At its meeting on 22nd November 2016, the Renewal and Recreation PDS Committee had considered a report outlining the total expenditure of the Council on consultants in 2015/16 for the Renewal and Recreation Portfolio. This followed consideration of a report on the employment of consultants covering all departments and portfolios which had been considered by Executive and Resources PDS Committee on 7th September 2016.

 

The Renewal and Recreation PDS Committee had noted the expenditure in its own portfolio, but had also suggested that this Sub-Committee should consider whether the format of the report could be modified in future to identify whether or not expenditure had been approved and whether the individual projects had been taken forward.

 

The Sub-Committee considered the format of the reports, but concluded that there was nothing to stop individual PDS Committees requesting the information in whatever layout they found appropriate to their services. It was perhaps more important that the requirement to report on use of consultants prevented unnecessary expenditure and ensure that they were only employed where there was a very necessary reason.

 

RESOLVED that the report be noted.