EDDC expenditure on consultants and agency staff2015/16 almost £2 million

Consultants £1,430,867
Agency staff £477,119

Total £1,907,986

A full list of payees appears with the appendix. Relocation supremo Steve Pratten (Aecom) takes up a large chunk.

But what is the £11,000 paid to Monitoring Officer and Legal Officer Henry Gordon-Lennox as “Legal Services Retainer”? Surely he is not employed by an agency?

Click to access item-10-consultants-fees-with-appendices.pdf