1. Please state the amount your local authority has spent with consultancy firms in each of the last five financial years and the current financial year to date.
| YEAR | TOTAL SPENT £ |
| 2021-22 to date | 123,263 |
| 2020-21 | 405,768 |
| 2019-20 | 244,207 |
| 2018-19 | 479,333 |
| 2017-18 | 302,984 |
| 2016-17 | 253,521 |
2. Please provide a breakdown of this figure by the amount spent with each firm, for each year, for each directorate.
3. Please also give a description of what each individual spend was for.
Please note that the definition used to define consultancy was: Consultants provide advice within a specialist field. They will work on specific projects, usually of a strategic nature , or to deliver specific outcomes, with little direct management responsibility for County Council employees. The individual is Working under their own supervision using their own equipment and reporting to an ‘Assignment Manager’. Consultants are individuals not employed by the County Council, and are engaged for their specific specialist knowledge.
| 2021-22 to date | |||
| SUPPLIER | TOTAL SPENT £ | SERVICE AREA | DESCRIPTION |
| Kevin Crompton Solutions Ltd | 2,947 | Legal Services | Scrutiny Consultant |
| GRI | 1,171 | Childrens Social Care | SQL Developer |
| NC Consultancy | 13,006 | Childrens Social Care | Early Help Consultancy |
| Hampton Resources | 37,812 | Education & Learning | SEND Transformation Lead |
| GRI | 64,052 | Human Resources | Business Objects Consultant |
| Capron Associates Ltd | 4,275 | Adult Care & Health | Health & Care Disability & Autism Transformation Lead |
| 123,263 | |||
| 2020-21 | |||
| SUPPLIER | TOTAL SPENT £ | SERVICE AREA | DESCRIPTION |
| Kevin Crompton Solutions Ltd | 7,652 | Legal Services | Scrutiny Consultant |
| Capron Associates Ltd | 48,262 | Adult Care & Health | Health & Care Disability & Autism Transformation Lead |
| GRI | 136,671 | Human Resources | Business Objects Consultant |
| Hampton Resources | 136,877 | Education & Learning | SEND Transformation Lead |
| GRI | 46,441 | Childrens Social Care | SQL Developer |
| Odgers | 29,865 | Childrens Social Care | Quality Assurance & Performance Consultant |
| 405,768 | |||
| 2019-20 | |||
| SUPPLIER | TOTAL SPENT £ | SERVICE AREA | DESCRIPTION |
| Capron Associates Ltd | 36,450 | Adult Care & Health | Health & Care Disability & Autism Transformation Lead |
| Mark Gurrey Consulting Ltd | 4,056 | Childrens Social Care | DCFP Safeguarding annual review |
| Hampton Resources | 36,667 | Education & Learning | SEND Transformation Lead |
| Warne Mather Ltd | 30,250 | Human Resources | Business Objects Consultant |
| GRI | 22,087 | Childrens Social Care | Power Bi Developer |
| GRI | 8,692 | Adult Care & Health | Social Care Commissioning Consultant |
| GRI | 31,055 | Human Resources | HR/Payroll implementation project manager |
| Regmat Business Intelligence | 51,360 | Childrens Social Care | Statutory Returns |
| Sole Trader | 1,474 | Legal | Scrutiny Consultant |
| JLO Innovations | 2,526 | Digital Transformation & Business Support | Property Consultant |
| GRI | 14,102 | Childrens Social Care | DCFP Project Manager |
| Farnsworth Consulting | 5,488 | Adult Care & Health | Scrutiny Consultant |
| 244,207 | |||
| 2018-19 | TOTAL SPENT £ | SERVICE AREA | DESCRIPTION |
| GRI | 55,185 | Digital Transformation & Business Support | Project Manager |
| GRI | 23,956 | Adult Care & Health | Senior Project Manager |
| GRI | 80,524 | Adult Care & Health | Social Care Commissioning Consultant |
| GRI | 114,478 | Human Resources | HR/Payroll implementation project manager |
| Farnsworth Consulting | 13,231 | Adult Care & Health | Scrutiny Consultant |
| Sole Trader | 9,742 | Legal Services | Scrutiny Consultant |
| Regmat Business Intelligence | 65,360 | Childrens Social Care | Statutory Returns |
| SEN Solutions | 6,500 | Childrens Social Care | SEN Placements review |
| JLO Innovations | 8,305 | Digital Transformation & Business Support | Property Consultant |
| GRI | 44,298 | Childrens Social Care | Power BI Consultant |
| GRI | 57,754 | Childrens Social Care | Power Bi Developer |
| 479,333 | |||
| 2017-18 | |||
| SUPPLIER | TOTAL SPENT £ | SERVICE AREA | DESCRIPTION |
| GRI | 72,092 | Digital Transformation & Business Support | Project Manager |
| Sole Trader | 3,650 | Education & Learning | Primary Support Partnership Consultant |
| GRI | 92,224 | Adult Care & Health | Senior Project Manager |
| Panaromic Associates | 20,350 | Childrens Social Care | Project Manager |
| GRI | 107,198 | Human Resources | HR/Payroll implementation project manager |
| GRI | 3,632 | Childrens Social Care | Coach |
| Sole Trader | 3,838 | Legal Services | Scrutiny Consultant |
| 302,984 | |||
| 2016-17 | |||
| SUPPLIER | TOTAL SPENT £ | SERVICE AREA | DESCRIPTION |
| Reed | 76,859 | Childrens Social Work | South West Regional Project Manager |
| Reed | 4,500 | Childrens Social Work | Business Analyst |
| Woodcock Associates Ltd | 1,500 | Education & Learning | School Improvement Consultant |
| Hamptons Resourcing | 26,898 | Childrens Social Work | Project Manager |
| Itecopeople | 103,253 | Digital Transformation & Business Support | Project Manager |
| Itecopeople | 40,511 | Childrens Social Work | Report Writer |
| 253,521 |