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1.  
During the month of February 2013, 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           |             |
| 05/02/2013            | 261 RME     |
| Review of NR's tax    |             |
| and VAT forecasts     |             |
| £30,000               |             |
| Consultancy           | Approved    |
| Advice/Scrutiny of    |             |
| £200m of NR Costs.    |             |
| Contract extension    |             |
| with Arup/URS         |             |
| 08/02/2013            | 264 RPP     |
| Extension value       |             |
| £29.000.  Total       |             |
| contract value        |             |
| £621,000              |             |
| 12/02/2013            | 265 RME     |
| Regulatory Economic   |             |
| Advice  - Gaynor      |             |
| Mather and Geoff      |             |
| Horton £136,000       |             |
| 15/02/2013            | 266 EA      |
| 2 X Grade D -         |             |
| Stakeholder Relations |             |
| Recruitment           | Approved    |
|                       |             |

3.  
Requests for consultancy valued at <£20,000 considered by the Director of Corporate Operations 

| 04/02/2013            | 260 EA    |
|-----------------------|-----------|
| Editorial Support for |           |
| PR 13 £15, 810        |           |
| Consultancy           | Approved  |
| 20/02/2013            | 267 EA    |
| Stakeholder           |           |
| Benchmarking Survey   |           |
| £15,000               |           |
| Consultancy           | Approved  |
|                       |           |