## Approvals Committee - March 2011

1.  
Since the last Board meeting, our approval committee has met on 2 
March, 14 March and 30 March 2011 to consider applications requiring approval of consultancy contracts over £20,000 and all external recruitment.  
One application was also considered by correspondence on 16 March 2011 
2. 

The cases considered are listed below: 

Meeting date 
Ref: No. & directorate 
Summary of application  
Consultancy/ recruit 
Committee Decision  
Recruitment 
Approved 
2 March 2011 
92 RME 
Contract extension - economist 
Consultancy 
Approved 
2 March 2011 
93 RME 
Call off contract - economic advice £100,000 
Consultancy 
Approved 
2 March 2011 
91 EA 
Development of line managers' toolkit £6,600* 
14 March 2011 
Appointment of temporary economist 
Recruitment 
Approved 
95 RME 
Consultancy 
Approved 
30 March 2011 
98 RPP 
HS1 data assurance review £30,000 
Consultancy 
Approved 
30 March 2011 
99 RME 
Understanding consumer behaviour £50,000 
Consultancy 
Approved 
30 March 2011 
100 CS 
Extension to FRISS Phase 2 consultancy £10,000 ** 
Recruitment 
Approved 
30 March 2011 
101 CS 
Temporary agency cover - post distribution 
30 March 2011 
103 CS 
IS interim manager 
Recruitment 
Approved 
Consideration by correspondence 16 March 2011 
Extension to contract - secretary VfM study 
Recruitment 
Approved 
96 RME 

*  This was referred to the committee because the original budget for the work was £17k and this additional request took the spend above the committee threshold of £20k 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 the director of corporate services. One application was approved at a cost of £18,000.