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1.  
During the month of November 2012, the following exceptions to the recruitment and consultancy freeze have been considered by the Chief Executive, in his capacity as Accounting Officer. 

2. 

The details are shown below: 
 

| Decision                  | Approval            |
|---------------------------|---------------------|
| date                      |                     |
| Ref: No. &                |                     |
| directorate               |                     |
| Summary of                |                     |
| application               |                     |
| Consultancy/              |                     |
| recruitment               |                     |
| 1 November                |                     |
| 2012                      |                     |
| 235                       |                     |
| RPP                       |                     |
| Grade E Analyst           |                     |
|                           |                     |
| Recruitment               | Approved            |
| 15 November               |                     |
| 2012                      |                     |
| 236                       |                     |
| CO                        | HR Business partner |
|                           |                     |
| Recruitment               | Approved            |
| Consultancy               | Approved            |
| 22 November               |                     |
| 2012                      |                     |
| 237                       |                     |
| RPP                       |                     |
| Cost of CP5               |                     |
| enhancement projects      |                     |
| and benchmark             |                     |
| £360,000                  |                     |
| 22 November               |                     |
| 2012                      |                     |
| 238                       |                     |
| CO                        |                     |
| Business Plan model       |                     |
| £30,000                   |                     |
| Consultancy               | Approved            |
| Consultancy               | Approved            |
| 22 November               |                     |
| 2012                      |                     |
| 239                       |                     |
| RME                       |                     |
| Assessment of             |                     |
| Network Rail's            |                     |
| management of             |                     |
| general inflation risk    |                     |
| and input price inflation |                     |
| risk                      |                     |
| £120,000                  |                     |
| Consultancy               | Approved            |
| 22 November               |                     |
| 2012                      |                     |
| 240                       |                     |
| RME                       |                     |
| Assessing the             |                     |
| efficiency of Netowrk     |                     |
| Rail's total              |                     |
| employment costs in       |                     |
| CP5                       |                     |
| Recruitment               | Approved            |
| 23 November               |                     |
| 2012                      |                     |
| 241                       |                     |
| EA                        |                     |
| Senior media relations    |                     |
| officer                   |                     |
| Grade D                   |                     |
| Consultancy               | Approved            |
| 28 November               |                     |
| 2012                      |                     |
| 242                       |                     |
| RME                       |                     |
| Advice on estimating      |                     |
| Network Rail's cost of    |                     |
| capital - £120,000        |                     |

 3. 

The Director of Corporate Operations approved one application for