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During the month of August 2013, the following exceptions to the recruitment and consultancy freeze have been considered by the Chief Executive, in his capacity as Accounting Officer: 

 
Decision  
 
Approval date 
Ref: No. & directorate 
Summary of application  
Consultancy/ recruitment 
 
Recruitment 
Approved 
 
01/08/13 
298 CO 
HR Grade G - permanent  
 
Recruitment 
Approved 
 
01/08/13 
301 RSD 
RSD Grade G - team administrator 
 
 Recruitment 
Approved 
 
09/08/13 
302 RME 
Temporary financial analyst for run-in of PR13 
 
Recruitment 
Approved 
 
21/08/13 
306 CO 
Director of Communications 
 
Requests for consultancy valued at <£20,000 considered by the Director of Corporate Operations:  
Consultancy  
Approved 
19/08/13 
304 RME 
PR13 Financial Model Audit Review, £17,500 
Consultancy  
Approved 
22/08/13 
305 RME 
Extension to consultancy contracts for 
benchmarking,