## Annex Approvals Committee - October/November  2010

1.  
Since the last Board meeting, our approvals committee has considered one urgent application by correspondence on 15 October and has met twice to consider applications requiring approval of consultancy contracts over £20,000 and all external recruitment. 2. 

The cases considered are listed below: 

| Committee              | Meeting date    | Ref: No. &           |
|------------------------|-----------------|----------------------|
| directorate            |                 |                      |
| Summary of             |                 |                      |
| application            |                 |                      |
| Consultancy/           |                 |                      |
| recruit                |                 |                      |
| Decision               |                 |                      |
| Recruitment            |                 |                      |
| Additional             |                 |                      |
| operations             |                 |                      |
| advice                 |                 |                      |
| 25 October 2010        | 50              |                      |
| Approved               |                 |                      |
|                        |                 |                      |
| (fees for services, 10 |                 |                      |
| days' work)            |                 |                      |
|                        |                 |                      |
| 25 October 2010        | 51              |                      |
| Consultancy            | Approved        |                      |
| Appointment of         |                 |                      |
| specialist             |                 |                      |
| recruitment            |                 |                      |
| consultants for        |                 |                      |
| new chief              |                 |                      |
| executive              |                 |                      |
| £82,250                |                 |                      |
| 25 October 2010        | 52              |                      |
| Consultancy            | Not approved    |                      |
| Passenger              |                 |                      |
| priorities for         |                 |                      |
| data -                 |                 |                      |
| qualitative            |                 |                      |
| research               |                 |                      |
| £35,000                |                 |                      |
| 1 November 2010        | 54              | External recruitment |
| Recruitment of         |                 |                      |
| two temporary          |                 |                      |
| economists             |                 |                      |
| 1 November 2010        | 56              | External recruitment |
| External               |                 |                      |
| recruitment of         |                 |                      |
| chief executive        |                 |                      |

## Urgent Item By Correspondence

| 15 October 2010    | 48       |
|--------------------|----------|
| Consultancy        | Approved |
| Cost and           |          |
| revenue sharing    |          |
| between            |          |
| Network Rail       |          |
| and train          |          |
| operators          |          |

Further details of any of the above applications and decisions are available from Brian Warrener 
3. The committee were also provided with details of any applications below 
£20,000 which are subject to approval by corporate services. There have been 5 applications approved totalling £ 30,700.