Issue - decisions

(a)       That the Committee is assured by the explanations given over the purpose of using consultants, the control of total cost and how value for money is obtained from current Council commissioning and contract management practice;

(b)       That the officers provide the Committee with details of the expenditure between the £2.831m coded as consultancy spend in 2014/15 and the £0.433m figure from the procurement classification; and 

(c)        That an analysis of the expenditure on consultants, to provide assurance on Value for Money, be submitted to the June meeting of the Committee and thereafter on an annual basis.