Dear Mr Green

Re FOI Request

Thank you for your emails dated 7^th July 2010. I am pleased to enclose the following information, which I believe satisfies your request. The questions raised were:

1. Details of all consultants brought in by Essex County Council over the past 24 months. What department did they work in and how much were they paid?

Please see attachment 100723 FOI Consultancy Spend Data

Which projects these were for, who the Consultants were and what the hourly and daily rates were for said Consultancy work.

The detailed information you have requested is not held centrally and would be very costly to retrieve and collate. However we have attached the details we have been able to collect. Please note that we have used Proclass Supplier classification to arrive at the information.

Please contact me if you would like further advice or assistance about your request or your right to access information held by Essex County Council.

If you are not satisfied with my response to your request, please let me know. If I am unable to resolve the issue immediately, I will explain our complaints procedure.

If, after following our complaints procedure, you are still not satisfied, you are entitled to ask the Information Commissioner to review our decision. You can contact him at Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF, telephone 01625 545700.

Yours sincerely,

Liz Mellor

Procurement Development Manager