APPENDIX 1

Draft Outline Scope for the Use of Consultants Review July 2004

Scope and Outcomes

1. Draw up a set of criteria for when it is appropriate to employ consultants, and investigate the need for a strict set of rules for their use.

The criteria can be used both to help the public to understand why and when we use consultants, and to help Select Committees to scrutinise why consultants have been used for a particular piece of work.

2. Devise a system by which different department's experiences in using specific consultants can be shared across the organisation.

Identified tasks

Contact a range of IW Council departments which use consultants in a variety of ways, to ensure that all proposals are practical.

Research best practice of how other Local Authorities tackle this issue.

The outcome of the work will be reported back to Resources Select Committee in November.