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Question from: County Councillor Elwyn Vaughan Subject: External Scrutiny Consultant Support Costs

 

Question From:

County Councillor Elwyn Vaughan

Subject:

External Scrutiny Consultant Support Costs

Question To:

County Councillor Graham Breeze

Portfolio Holder for Corporate Governance and Engagement

 

Question:

In view of the proposed restructure of democratic services, committee services & member support service & concerns raised about the possible impact this may have on the scrutiny service & risk of increased need and costs of use of external support for scrutiny, can you confirm the level of costs incurred by the council on external scrutiny consultant support for the period Sept 2014 to date including details of daily rates, number of days and travel and accommodation expenses, to include consultants employed via or in conjunction with CFPS, Public Governance Wales and/or Learning for Leadership Cymru as well as in their individual capacity.

Minutes:

Response by the Portfolio Holder:

 

The only payments made to external consultants to support scrutiny in the period requested were to Public Governance Wales and Learning for Leadership Wales for work undertaken in 2017/2018. The breakdown is as follows:

 

Learning for Leadership Cymru:

Daily Rate = £500

 

Totals

Scrutiny sessions (18 sessions between November 2017 and September 2018 including half days)

£7500

 

Mileage

£1375.30

 

Accommodation

£1368.20

 

Total

 

£10,243.50

 

 

 

Public Governance Wales

Daily Rate = £700

 

 

Consultancy service (15 days)

£10500

£10500.00

 

 

 

 

 

£20743.50