Devel Load (with references)

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                2 => "access directory facets overview"
                3 => "access entity usage statistics"
                4 => "access geo overview"
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                6 => "access geocoder api endpoints"
                7 => "access localgov alert banner listing page"
                8 => "access media overview"
                9 => "access page_components entity browser pages"
                10 => "access paragraphs_library_items entity browser pages"
                11 => "access poll overview"
                12 => "access polls"
                13 => "access responsive preview"
                14 => "access taxonomy overview"
                15 => "access toolbar"
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                17 => "add scheduled transitions localgov_alert_banner localgov_alert_banner"
                18 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_directories_org"
                19 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_directories_page"
                20 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_directories_venue"
                21 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_directory"
                22 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_directory_promo_page"
                23 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_event"
                24 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_guides_overview"
                25 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_guides_page"
                26 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_news_article"
                27 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_newsroom"
                28 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_services_landing"
                29 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_services_page"
                30 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_services_status"
                31 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_services_sublanding"
                32 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_step_by_step_overview"
                33 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_step_by_step_page"
                34 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_subsites_overview"
                35 => "add scheduled transitions node localgov_subsites_page"
                36 => "administer book outlines"
                37 => "administer directory facets types"
                38 => "administer facets"
                39 => "administer localgov_service_contact"
                40 => "administer menu"
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                43 => "administer redirects"
                44 => "administer taxonomy"
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                53 => "create localgov_event content"
                54 => "create localgov_guides_overview content"
                55 => "create localgov_guides_page content"
                56 => "create localgov_news_article content"
                57 => "create localgov_newsroom content"
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                59 => "create localgov_publication_page content"
                60 => "create localgov_service_contact"
                61 => "create localgov_services_landing content"
                62 => "create localgov_services_page content"
                63 => "create localgov_services_sublanding content"
                64 => "create localgov_step_by_step_overview content"
                65 => "create localgov_step_by_step_page content"
                66 => "create localgov_subsites_overview content"
                67 => "create localgov_subsites_page content"
                68 => "create media"
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                70 => "create paragraph library item"
                71 => "create polls"
                72 => "create remote_video media"
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                74 => "create terms in localgov_event_locality"
                75 => "create terms in localgov_event_price"
                76 => "create terms in localgov_topic"
                77 => "create terms in media_category"
                78 => "create url aliases"
                79 => "delete any localgov_event content"
                80 => "delete any localgov_guides_overview content"
                81 => "delete any localgov_guides_page content"
                82 => "delete any localgov_news_article content"
                83 => "delete any localgov_publication_cover_page content"
                84 => "delete any localgov_publication_page content"
                85 => "delete any localgov_services_landing content"
                86 => "delete any localgov_services_page content"
                87 => "delete any localgov_services_sublanding content"
                88 => "delete any localgov_step_by_step_overview content"
                89 => "delete any localgov_step_by_step_page content"
                90 => "delete any localgov_subsites_overview content"
                91 => "delete any localgov_subsites_page content"
                92 => "delete any media"
                93 => "delete directory facets"
                94 => "delete geo"
                95 => "delete localgov_event revisions"
                96 => "delete localgov_publication_cover_page revisions"
                97 => "delete localgov_publication_page revisions"
                98 => "delete localgov_service_contact"
                99 => "delete own files"
                100 => "delete own localgov_event content"
                101 => "delete own localgov_publication_cover_page content"
                102 => "delete own localgov_publication_page content"
                103 => "delete own localgov_subsites_overview content"
                104 => "delete own localgov_subsites_page content"
                105 => "delete terms in localgov_event_category"
                106 => "delete terms in localgov_event_locality"
                107 => "delete terms in localgov_event_price"
                108 => "delete terms in localgov_topic"
                109 => "edit any document media"
                110 => "edit any image media"
                111 => "edit any localgov_directories_org content"
                112 => "edit any localgov_directories_page content"
                113 => "edit any localgov_directories_venue content"
                114 => "edit any localgov_directory content"
                115 => "edit any localgov_directory_promo_page content"
                116 => "edit any localgov_event content"
                117 => "edit any localgov_guides_overview content"
                118 => "edit any localgov_guides_page content"
                119 => "edit any localgov_news_article content"
                120 => "edit any localgov_newsroom content"
                121 => "edit any localgov_publication_cover_page content"
                122 => "edit any localgov_publication_page content"
                123 => "edit any localgov_services_landing content"
                124 => "edit any localgov_services_page content"
                125 => "edit any localgov_services_status content"
                126 => "edit any localgov_services_sublanding content"
                127 => "edit any localgov_step_by_step_overview content"
                128 => "edit any localgov_step_by_step_page content"
                129 => "edit any localgov_subsites_overview content"
                130 => "edit any localgov_subsites_page content"
                131 => "edit any remote_video media"
                132 => "edit directory facets"
                133 => "edit geo"
                134 => "edit localgov_service_contact"
                135 => "edit own document media"
                136 => "edit own image media"
                137 => "edit own localgov_directories_org content"
                138 => "edit own localgov_directories_page content"
                139 => "edit own localgov_directories_venue content"
                140 => "edit own localgov_directory content"
                141 => "edit own localgov_directory_promo_page content"
                142 => "edit own localgov_event content"
                143 => "edit own localgov_guides_overview content"
                144 => "edit own localgov_guides_page content"
                145 => "edit own localgov_news_article content"
                146 => "edit own localgov_newsroom content"
                147 => "edit own localgov_publication_cover_page content"
                148 => "edit own localgov_publication_page content"
                149 => "edit own localgov_services_landing content"
                150 => "edit own localgov_services_page content"
                151 => "edit own localgov_services_status content"
                152 => "edit own localgov_services_sublanding content"
                153 => "edit own localgov_step_by_step_overview content"
                154 => "edit own localgov_step_by_step_page content"
                155 => "edit own localgov_subsites_overview content"
                156 => "edit own localgov_subsites_page content"
                157 => "edit own polls"
                158 => "edit own remote_video media"
                159 => "edit paragraph library item"
                160 => "edit terms in localgov_event_category"
                161 => "edit terms in localgov_event_locality"
                162 => "edit terms in localgov_event_price"
                163 => "edit terms in localgov_topic"
                164 => "edit terms in media_category"
                165 => "generate preview links"
                166 => "manage localgov alert banner localgov_alert_banner entities"
                167 => "reorder entity_hierarchy children"
                168 => "replicate entities"
                169 => "reschedule scheduled transitions localgov_alert_banner localgov_alert_banner"
                170 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_directories_org"
                171 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_directories_page"
                172 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_directories_venue"
                173 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_directory"
                174 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_directory_promo_page"
                175 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_event"
                176 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_guides_overview"
                177 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_guides_page"
                178 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_news_article"
                179 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_newsroom"
                180 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_services_landing"
                181 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_services_page"
                182 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_services_status"
                183 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_services_sublanding"
                184 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_step_by_step_overview"
                185 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_step_by_step_page"
                186 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_subsites_overview"
                187 => "reschedule scheduled transitions node localgov_subsites_page"
                188 => "revert all revisions"
                189 => "revert localgov_directories_org revisions"
                190 => "revert localgov_directories_page revisions"
                191 => "revert localgov_directories_venue revisions"
                192 => "revert localgov_directory revisions"
                193 => "revert localgov_directory_promo_page revisions"
                194 => "revert localgov_event revisions"
                195 => "revert localgov_guides_overview revisions"
                196 => "revert localgov_guides_page revisions"
                197 => "revert localgov_news_article revisions"
                198 => "revert localgov_newsroom revisions"
                199 => "revert localgov_publication_cover_page revisions"
                200 => "revert localgov_publication_page revisions"
                201 => "revert localgov_services_landing revisions"
                202 => "revert localgov_services_page revisions"
                203 => "revert localgov_services_status revisions"
                204 => "revert localgov_services_sublanding revisions"
                205 => "revert localgov_step_by_step_overview revisions"
                206 => "revert localgov_step_by_step_page revisions"
                207 => "revert localgov_subsites_overview revisions"
                208 => "revert localgov_subsites_page revisions"
                209 => "update any media"
                210 => "update media"
                211 => "use localgov_alert_banners transition create_new_draft"
                212 => "use localgov_alert_banners transition publish"
                213 => "use localgov_alert_banners transition unpublish"
                214 => "use localgov_editorial transition approve"
                215 => "use localgov_editorial transition archive"
                216 => "use localgov_editorial transition archived_draft"
                217 => "use localgov_editorial transition archived_published"
                218 => "use localgov_editorial transition create_new_draft"
                219 => "use localgov_editorial transition publish"
                220 => "use localgov_editorial transition reject"
                221 => "use localgov_editorial transition submit_for_review"
                222 => "view all localgov alert banner entity pages"
                223 => "view all media revisions"
                224 => "view all revisions"
                225 => "view all scheduled transitions"
                226 => "view any unpublished content"
                227 => "view directory facets"
                228 => "view latest version"
                229 => "view localgov alert banner localgov_alert_banner pages"
                230 => "view localgov_directories_org revisions"
                231 => "view localgov_directories_page revisions"
                232 => "view localgov_directories_venue revisions"
                233 => "view localgov_directory revisions"
                234 => "view localgov_directory_promo_page revisions"
                235 => "view localgov_event revisions"
                236 => "view localgov_guides_overview revisions"
                237 => "view localgov_guides_page revisions"
                238 => "view localgov_news_article revisions"
                239 => "view localgov_newsroom revisions"
                240 => "view localgov_publication_cover_page revisions"
                241 => "view localgov_publication_page revisions"
                242 => "view localgov_service_contact"
                243 => "view localgov_services_landing revisions"
                244 => "view localgov_services_page revisions"
                245 => "view localgov_services_status revisions"
                246 => "view localgov_services_sublanding revisions"
                247 => "view localgov_step_by_step_overview revisions"
                248 => "view localgov_step_by_step_page revisions"
                249 => "view localgov_subsites_overview revisions"
                250 => "view localgov_subsites_page revisions"
                251 => "view own unpublished content"
                252 => "view own unpublished media"
                253 => "view poll results"
                254 => "view scheduled transitions localgov_alert_banner localgov_alert_banner"
                255 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_directories_org"
                256 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_directories_page"
                257 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_directories_venue"
                258 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_directory"
                259 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_directory_promo_page"
                260 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_event"
                261 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_guides_overview"
                262 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_guides_page"
                263 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_news_article"
                264 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_newsroom"
                265 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_services_landing"
                266 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_services_page"
                267 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_services_status"
                268 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_services_sublanding"
                269 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_step_by_step_overview"
                270 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_step_by_step_page"
                271 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_subsites_overview"
                272 => "view scheduled transitions node localgov_subsites_page"
                273 => "view the administration theme"
                274 => "view unpublished paragraphs"
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              "status" => true
              "dependencies" => array:2 [
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                  3 => "node.type.localgov_directories_page"
                  4 => "node.type.localgov_directories_venue"
                  5 => "node.type.localgov_directory"
                  6 => "node.type.localgov_directory_promo_page"
                  7 => "node.type.localgov_event"
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                  7 => "help"
                  8 => "localgov_directories"
                  9 => "media"
                  10 => "node"
                  11 => "system"
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              "weight" => -1
              "is_admin" => null
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                2 => "access directory facets overview"
                3 => "access files overview"
                4 => "access geo overview"
                5 => "access help pages"
                6 => "access media overview"
                7 => "access page_components entity browser pages"
                8 => "access paragraphs_library_items entity browser pages"
                9 => "access toolbar"
                10 => "administer display modes"
                11 => "administer facets"
                12 => "administer geo_entity display"
                13 => "administer geo_entity form display"
                14 => "administer localgov_directories_facets display"
                15 => "administer localgov_directories_facets form display"
                16 => "administer node display"
                17 => "administer node form display"
                18 => "administer user display"
                19 => "create geo"
                20 => "create localgov_directories_org content"
                21 => "create localgov_directories_page content"
                22 => "create localgov_directories_venue content"
                23 => "create localgov_directory_promo_page content"
                24 => "create localgov_event content"
                25 => "delete any localgov_directories_org content"
                26 => "delete any localgov_directories_page content"
                27 => "delete any localgov_directories_venue content"
                28 => "delete any localgov_directory_promo_page content"
                29 => "delete any localgov_event content"
                30 => "delete localgov_directories_org revisions"
                31 => "delete localgov_directories_page revisions"
                32 => "delete localgov_directories_venue revisions"
                33 => "delete localgov_directory_promo_page revisions"
                34 => "delete localgov_event revisions"
                35 => "delete own localgov_directories_org content"
                36 => "delete own localgov_directories_page content"
                37 => "delete own localgov_directories_venue content"
                38 => "delete own localgov_directory_promo_page content"
                39 => "delete own localgov_event content"
                40 => "edit any localgov_directories_org content"
                41 => "edit any localgov_directories_page content"
                42 => "edit any localgov_directories_venue content"
                43 => "edit any localgov_directory_promo_page content"
                44 => "edit any localgov_event content"
                45 => "edit geo"
                46 => "edit own localgov_directories_org content"
                47 => "edit own localgov_directories_page content"
                48 => "edit own localgov_directories_venue content"
                49 => "edit own localgov_directory_promo_page content"
                50 => "edit own localgov_event content"
                51 => "revert localgov_directories_org revisions"
                52 => "revert localgov_directories_page revisions"
                53 => "revert localgov_directories_venue revisions"
                54 => "revert localgov_directory revisions"
                55 => "revert localgov_directory_promo_page revisions"
                56 => "revert localgov_event revisions"
                57 => "use localgov_editorial transition approve"
                58 => "use localgov_editorial transition archive"
                59 => "use localgov_editorial transition archived_draft"
                60 => "use localgov_editorial transition archived_published"
                61 => "use localgov_editorial transition create_new_draft"
                62 => "use localgov_editorial transition publish"
                63 => "use localgov_editorial transition reject"
                64 => "use localgov_editorial transition submit_for_review"
                65 => "view any unpublished content"
                66 => "view directory facets"
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                        "value" => "<p>Your Council Tax funds a number of different organisations, and can vary depending on who provides local services where you live. This will normally be broken down for you on your Council Tax bill.</p><p>Council Tax pays for:</p><ul><li>Essex County Council</li><li>your district, borough or city council</li><li>Essex Police</li><li>Essex Fire County Fire and Rescue Service</li><li>your parish or town council (if you have one)</li></ul><p>Alongside Council Tax, we raise money through business rates, government grants and commercial services we provide. You can see how this money is spent in the tables below.</p><table><thead><tr><th>We will receive in 2025 to 2026</th><th>£m</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Income and grants</td><td>1600.9</td></tr><tr><td>Council Tax</td><td>891.6</td></tr><tr><td>Revenue Support Grant</td><td>24.9</td></tr><tr><td>Business rates</td><td>198.6</td></tr><tr><td>Collection fund surplus</td><td>2.1</td></tr></tbody></table><table><thead><tr><th>We will spend in 2025 to 2026</th><th>£m</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Adult Social Care</td><td>896.7</td></tr><tr><td>Education Excellence, Lifelong Learning and Employability</td><td>853.3</td></tr><tr><td>Children's Services and Early Years</td><td>268.5</td></tr><tr><td>Highways Maintenance and Sustainable Transport</td><td>160.6</td></tr><tr><td>Waste Reduction and Recycling</td><td>93.0</td></tr><tr><td>Public Health</td><td>75.6</td></tr><tr><td>Other, which includes services such as Libraries, Coroners, Registrars and Country Parks</td><td>370.6</td></tr></tbody></table><h3>2025 to 2026 Council Tax increase</h3><p>There is always a balance between investing in and protecting services and asking people to pay a little more.</p><p>This year, we are increasing Council Tax by a total of 3.75%.</p><p>This is made up of:</p><ul><li>a 1.75% general council tax precept</li><li>a 2.00% adult social care precept as set out by the government</li></ul><p>The precept is being used to insulate Adult Social Care from having to make higher savings, and support growth in need caused by changes in the demographics of our population and inflation, including the national living wage rise and changes to employers national insurance.</p><h3>Information for bill payers</h3><p>The legal option to use the adult social care precept is included in the <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/21/made">offer from the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government</a> on the legislation.gov.uk website.</p><p>In relation to the year beginning in 2020 and any subsequent year, the following statement applies:</p><p>The Secretary of State made an offer to adult social care authorities. (“Adult social care authorities” are local authorities which have functions under Part 1 of the Care Act 2014, namely county councils in England, district councils for an area in England for which there is no county council, London borough councils, the Common Council of the City of London and the Council of the Isles of Scilly.)</p><p>The offer was the option of an adult social care authority being able to charge an additional “precept” on its council tax without holding a referendum, to assist the authority in meeting its expenditure on adult social care from the financial year 2016-17. It was originally made in respect of the financial years up to and including 2019-20. If the Secretary of State chooses to renew this offer in respect of a particular financial year, this is subject to the approval of the House of Commons.”</p><h3>More information</h3><p>You can find out more in our <a href="https://www.essex.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2025-03/Council-tax-information-leaflet-2025-to-2026.pdf">2025 to 2026 Council Tax information leaflet (PDF, 2.47 MB)</a></p>"
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                        "value" => "<p>You can see detailed breakdowns of what we spent money on, contracts and our financial performance in the documents below.</p><h3>Our budget</h3><p>Our budget is included in the <a href="/node/1633" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="a73b6e98-8131-4756-b8e1-2099b11240b2" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Annual Plan 2024 to 2025</a>.</p><p>Our long-term plans are set out in <a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/QfCTFvZFWm6jBFzKIcxU8/3033e555110ddb553603919ae00c638d/ECC-Everyones-Essex-plan-2021-to-2025.pdf">Everyone's Essex (PDF, 8.54mB)</a>.</p><h4>Previous budgets</h4><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/4a8eU7X2AjJIRJzdN7gjVW/9eae6d774b3eee5243f81000866b0e95/ECC_Annual_Plan_2023-24.pdf">Annual Plan 2023 to 2024 (PDF, 13.62MB)</a></p><p><a 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href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/6lZ4JUX3rIa8vk5FckubbQ/f8239eeb9baa6912c62adc853dfb0c9e/ORGANISATION_PLAN_18_19.pdf">Essex Organisation Plan 2018 to 2019 (PDF, 1.4mB)</a>.</p><h3>Financial performance</h3><p>We publish our statement of accounts for the financial year annually.</p><h4>Statement regarding the 2023 to 2024 external audit of financial statements</h4><p>In response to widespread delays in the external audits of local authorities’ accounts, the government introduced into legislation a series of statutory backstop dates by which local authority audits must be completed.&nbsp; The statutory backstop date for the external audit of local authorities’ accounts for 2023/24 was <strong>28 February 2025</strong>.&nbsp;</p><p>External auditors were expected to complete as much audit work as possible for 2023/24 but, where the audit work was incomplete at the backstop date, the government required auditors to issue qualified (modified or disclaimed) audit opinions.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>The Council’s appointed external auditor is <strong>Ernst and Young LLP</strong>.&nbsp;While Ernst and Young were able to complete their audit of the accounts of the Essex Pension Fund for 2023/24 and review the Council’s arrangements in 2023/24 to secure value for money in the use of resources, Ernst and Young did not carry out an audit of the Council’s financial statements for this financial year.&nbsp;</p><p>Ernst and Young issued an unmodified opinion on the financial statements of the Essex Pension Fund and reported that they had no matters of concern to raise in relation to the Council’s arrangements to secure value for money.&nbsp; However, because Ernst and Young did not carry out an audit of the Council’s financial statements for 2023/24, they could not provide any assurance over any individual balances or classes of transaction, and so issued a <strong>disclaimer</strong> of opinion.&nbsp;</p><p>The disclaimed audit opinion was issued solely because Ernst and Young did not conduct an audit of the Council’s accounts and accounting records for 2023/24.&nbsp;It was through no fault of Essex County Council that Ernst and Young were unable to perform an external audit of the Council’s financial statements for 2023/24.</p><h4>Previous years statement of accounts</h4><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-02/Essex%20County%20Council%20statement%20of%20accounts%202023%20to%202024.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2cb3c5d8-ce6e-4504-a736-e351b66a84d4" data-entity-substitution="file">Statement of accounts 2023 to 2024 (PDF, 6.54 MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-12/Statement%20of%20accounts%202022%20to%202023.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="9eb86897-f925-4f84-919b-f81111fc1da9" data-entity-substitution="file">Statement of accounts 2022 to 2023 (PDF, 2.03 MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-11/Statement%20of%20Accounts%202021%20to%202022.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="d641f692-080c-4dbb-8ef4-3e7d936d4fa6" data-entity-substitution="file">Statement of accounts 2021 to 2022 (PDF, 7.43 MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-02/ECC%202020-21%20Statement%20of%20Accounts.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="e1ac0004-401e-4733-9f33-b874505a2e7f" data-entity-substitution="file">Statement of accounts 2020 to 2021 (PDF, 3.41MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/38dvvAxWiEBNSRDZH4dYgY/107d9b1b199722ec55f5afcfe334ad41/Statement_of_Accounts_2019_2020.pdf">Statement of accounts 2019 to 2020 (PDF, 3.59mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/2hNjICwtZIQdmDf8965uz1/2830e60193cb310919f1a007c8a18115/Essex_County_Council_Statement_of_accounts_2018-2019.pdf">Statement of accounts 2018 to 2019 (PDF, 3.3mB)</a></p><p><a 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those of the pension fund are inspected by an external auditor.</p><h4>Auditor's annual reports</h4><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-11/Auditor%27s%20annual%20report%202021%20to%202022%20%26%202022%20to%202023.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="e2a9456b-5fed-49df-b8ed-a85b7be3b8e7" data-entity-substitution="file">Auditors annual report 2021 to 2022 and 2022 to 2023 (PDF, 1.81 MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-02/Auditors%20Annual%20Report%202020%20to%202021%20-%20Essex%20County%20Council.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="a651ad16-5ed4-480c-83e7-ec4d5b08a5d3" data-entity-substitution="file">Auditor's annual report 2020 to 2021 (PDF, 6.29 MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/5uSSLgNALf95qA2TGG6meF/4ab6019d4baeb74aee6d7a9887189977/ECC_annual_audit_letter_2019_20.pdf">Annual audit letter 2019 to 2020 (PDF, 469kB)</a></p><p><a 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not included within the Independent Auditor's Report within the Statement of accounts for the applicable year, the certificates are shown below:</p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/6AhJrv8Dg30lmBm67uWFK6/5adbfe2233097b443b4caa4c3d6bff7e/ECC_Audit_Certificate_2019-2020.PDF">Audit certificate 2019 to 2020 (PDF, 55kB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/gzcYByG1du7YTP7E5UEoH/2fef64a10964a736b94082dd09e53f24/ECC_Audit_Certificate_2018_19.pdf">Audit certificate 2018 to 2019 (PDF, 96kB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/6O8utKRf2Qze47hZGkMd0Q/46776b63fdb5c49fee61cc2d06d853e7/ECC-audit-certificate-2017-18.pdf">Audit certificate 2017 to 2018 (PDF, 1mB)</a></p><p><a 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data-entity-uuid="c09dc5f1-9bc7-40dc-ada9-f9e430c98f7a" data-entity-substitution="file">October to December 2024 (XLS, 5.31 MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-10/Day%20to%20day%20spending%20-%20July%20to%20September%202024%20-%2010.10.24.xlsx" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="33031174-63f6-4ddb-a8e0-acd85f81cd49" data-entity-substitution="file">July to September 2024 (XLS, 4.63 MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-07/Day%20to%20day%20spending%20-%20April%202024%20to%20June%202024%20-%2010.07.24.xls" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="462850d4-7955-47ea-87d4-aa3a58d346ed" data-entity-substitution="file">April to June 2024 (XLS, 14.75MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-04/Day%20to%20day%20spending%20-%20January%20to%20March%202024%20-%2009.04.24.xls" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="34e4bc85-7d40-4f53-af23-8c0a07bc4e68" data-entity-substitution="file">January to March 2024 (XLS, 15.54 MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-01/day%20to%20day%20spending%20-%20October%20to%20December%20-%2026.01.24.xlsx" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="8679bf4c-91f3-4f1f-be0c-4d213256ddc8" data-entity-substitution="file">October to December 2023 (XLS, 4.73 MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2023-10/July%20to%20September%202023.xls" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="26532f8b-9724-4ab9-8a47-48d956746999" data-entity-substitution="file">July to September 2023 (XLS,&nbsp;15.64 MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2023-07/Published%20data%202023_24%20Q1%20Apr%20-%20Jun%203.xlsx" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="dd3a7791-8bc6-4caa-88c5-f5b9cc6342d0" data-entity-substitution="file">April to June 2023 (XLS, 4.57 MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/2FYkndpCrT59XeYyuZrT74/30a6bb2b9655e27f0bb767aa9f751010/Copy_of_Published_data_2022_23_Q4_Jan_-_Mar_3.xlsx">January to March 2023 (XLS, 5.08MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/3Hq9VXYlCOsc8O2tcp9byg/92669010bf8f5aafa7248c6de7377eb0/Published_data_2022_23_Q3_Oct_-_Dec_3-1-__2_.xlsx">October to December 2022 (XLS, 4.70MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/2d018Te9oYJ6zjSRib13KN/e59bca49e855c22292b29167be2859c3/Published_data_2022_23_Q2_Jul_-_Sep_3__1_.xlsx">July to September 2022 (XLS, 3.88MB</a></p><p>&nbsp;<a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/4cceYoi4D2c9FQhCKJuNN8/fdbeafd536de8781d8decf3165eedb17/Published_data_2022_23_Q1_Apr_-_Jun.xlsx">April to June 2022 (XLS, 4.43mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/31k2F8pYlLZxA1a1IyssWb/3150aea949134a0a650df91ed1bf03a3/Published_data_2021_22_Q4_Jan_-_Mar_3.xlsx">January to March 2022 (XLS, 3.80mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/4bjwHzYXPiTdMCzTWLnpph/62bcfe27789b9924f2e30c2c75c83c32/Published-data-2021-22-Q3-Oct-Dec.xls">October to December 2021 (XLS, 12.65mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/57Z0nXMzeE6adsZUw5NoQ1/297c50c725fbbd49339a860eccda5fe5/Published-data-2021-22-Q2-Jul-Sept.xls">July to September 2021 (XLS, 11.77mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/3A9rw8JBzg0B4kTQWwJWyP/888e88c4a33e36fcfd8945c87ff7f7fd/Published-data-2021-22-Q1-Apr-Jun.xls">April to June 2021 (XLS, 11.80mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/1G99wI6XzHT2sM9TSnV4GY/e4bfc345c5f709e718a7fee1b5ac1bbf/Published_data_2020_21_Q4_Jan-Mar.xls">January to March 2021 (XLS, 12.53mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/4DZI1wy9maCv1KbITs5Unm/7f92cf974a17a9ac3578f917e9996789/Published_data_2020_21_Q3_Oct-Dec_3.xls">October to December 2020 (XLS, 11.65mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/1ITBFs7oiMxh51PvzklfOl/690635dfbbca0be23a16a1724978256c/ECC_spending_information_July_September_2020.xls">July to September 2020 (XLS, 11.77mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/7jzt3GOOeIYKSu3A9ZLfyD/751f4b19b536c8856d9b0b5e8a263283/Published_data_2020_21_Q1_Apr_-_Jun_3.xls">April to June 2020 (XLS, 11.95mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/6PRKeB6OLbNsEGPFl6KTpo/42f408a467dd2566fef5ee61aebe5cbf/Published_data_2019_20_Q4_Jan_to_Mar.xls">January to March 2020 (XLS, 12.1mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/1ygX4TeheZU81SOXtkCmb8/86b2ad7dfb7b7f4039765e7534115920/October_to_December_2019.xls.xls">October to December 2019 (XLS, 12.9mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/4i1SXdcj3ssB8FCbLCHcOz/17d14f3983410a49cd8206d2452cb1c8/ECC_spending_July_to_September_2019.xlsx">July to September 2019 (XLS, 4mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/3d3yKtAkZfaS2kDwFOR5Xd/93d715db858f5211ef36c3c775565a04/Published_data_2019_20_Q1_Apr_-_Jun_2.xls.xls">April to June 2019 (XLS, 13MB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/1lF1asoJ87T5g8twTsQTDo/3078120f96c636dae8db594c89a87290/ECC_spending_Jan_to_Mar_2019__1_.xls">January to March 2019 (XLS, 15mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/3kjYQVeFHjeWn3aVfNbzrB/faf26577b78e290f5a84f0504bfd6d61/ECC_spending_Oct_to_Dec_2018.xls">October to December 2018 (XLS, 15.3mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/53Uzk48K35mLKod7I7Y59z/eb342a7fcf79cfdad490f6a58bd4b0c0/ECC_spending_Jul_to_Sep_2018.xls">July to September 2018 (XLS, 15mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/5Lar3yYqTV0wVntbJH8t5X/b8f5e0dd447c58857f7da40a8e313a29/ECC_spending_April_to_June_2018.xls">April to June 2018 (XLS, 12.9mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/2wvGsTxuwGDhKGWkc1If6G/3ef7120c0b4c33b9dc05139c42ba9056/ECC_spending_Jan_to_Mar_2018.xls">January to March 2018 (XLS, 13.2mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/SKao10DZqlkzp6QZ1zlHJ/cb625fd8261a45cc2f2e166f3dc26f66/Published-data-2017_18-Q3-Oct-Dec.xls">October to December 2017 (XLS, 14mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/4XXWaGZpvQX3Hri9l5lZIS/f8a425f6c4d6e48c83d4791fd0a5fc00/Published-data-2017_18-Q2-Jul-Sep.xls">July to September 2017 (XLS, 38.5mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/3pU462SEgImOUdMe8rRbPI/8fffc1bc9e2d16ac6cfeb62feaafea8c/Published-data-2017_18-Q1-Apr-Jun.xls">April to June 2017 (XLS, 13.11mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/4g5mijWZSmFsWvaJUyb6Uu/08230f4ed75409bba5e66c1156f60ddb/Published-data-2016-17-Q4_Jan-Mar.xls">January to March 2017 (XLS, 13mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/6D358IFmGT3tSdug21jYZI/002e8dbd4a68755ecffd5ed74fadca79/Published_data_2016_17_Q3_Oct_-_Dec.xls">October to December 2016 (XLS, 14mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/7AIZ1sxqocARQbyp5pCP87/28dc8168a5a181affdf67db9713f72dd/published_data_2016_17_Q2_Jul_Sep.xls">July to September 2016 (XLS, 14mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/6KHx2vlctaQkcvRf8HXibl/1c9d8b2686885b144cd221e916272707/Published_data_2016_17_jul_Sep.xls">July to August 2016 (XLS, 14mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/5RiMVSof3EjEgvEtprskeh/ae671c7871dd7f870840376b81d2693e/April16-spendinfo__1_.xls">April to June 2016 (XLS, 12mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/41JrrGdLSDJ8d5DYLGkQdq/dfbfe9174561fb95f2dd0f89112f5d45/Jan-Mar2016__1_.xls">January to March 2016 (XLS, 15mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/4fSKSPjm23qdTDr7DyxVYO/b34b3e96cb18f60ed295e259e31f3e94/Published_data_2015_16_Q3_Oct_-_Dec.xls">October to December 2015 (XLS, 15mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/bLubwCej2bnvu9sckMjtW/37b92a95bc26d8bbc8a2be6dfbd78132/Published_data_2015_16_Jul_Sep.xls">July to September 2015 (XLS, 13mB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/downloads.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/4X6RRvnq9vTBS4N6YGICqD/10d4e32a23fcbdcf8a1d69f5a62a999f/Published_data_2015_Apr_Jun.xls">April to June 2015 (XLS, 13mB)</a></p><h3>Council contracts</h3><p>Our contract summaries show the value and duration of all the contracts the council has entered into since April 2015.</p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/contract%20and%20tender%20summary%20-%20November%202024.xlsx" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="7e188927-ae60-41d6-8d67-a306cf8dccda" data-entity-substitution="file">Contract and tender summary December 2024 (XLS, 263.75 KB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-10/contract%20and%20tender%20summary%20September%202024.xlsx" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="41898360-9190-4d6d-b455-d4a7a594ba78" data-entity-substitution="file">Contract and tender summary September 2024 (XLS, 253.86 KB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-07/Contract%20and%20tender%20summary%20June%202024_0.xlsx" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="2efcf949-f10a-4531-b2a8-71469979c539" data-entity-substitution="file">Contract and tender summary June 2024 (XLS, 274 KB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-04/Contract%20and%20tender%20summary%20March%202024.xls" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="fe25c575-881e-4342-a650-844efe83c53f" data-entity-substitution="file">Contract and tender summary March 2024 (XLS, 645.5 KB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2024-01/Contract%20and%20tender%20summary%20November%202023.xls" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="b91d2181-0414-4f09-8cb5-e4a6a6861a02" data-entity-substitution="file">Contract and tender summary November 2023 (XLS, 631KB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2023-10/Contract%20and%20tender%20summary%20September%202023%20-%20Essex%20COunty%20Council.xls" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="01583873-9bee-4dab-839b-04a4fd03779c" data-entity-substitution="file">Contract and tender summary September 2023 (XLS, 6215KB)</a></p><p><a href="/sites/default/files/2023-07/Contract%20and%20Tender%20Summary%20June%202023.xls" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="0b586240-078d-4e69-8c13-03b4105612ea" data-entity-substitution="file">Contract and tender summary June 2023 (XLS,627.5 KB)</a></p><p><a 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sets out information about the pay of senior officers at the council, the pay information of the lowest paid employees and the differences in pay between senior officers and other employees.</p><p>View our:</p><ul><li><a href="/sites/default/files/2025-01/Pay%20Policy%20Statement%202024%20to%202025%20-%2014.01.25.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="4af08ac7-78b9-46ac-abff-960482c7df6d" data-entity-substitution="file">2024 to 2025 pay policy statement (PDF, 131.32 KB)</a></li><li><a href="/sites/default/files/2023-10/Pay%20Policy%20Statement%202023-2024.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="10f7122a-80c6-46b4-b970-56f618325654" data-entity-substitution="file">2023 to 2024 pay policy statement (PDF,&nbsp;129.88 KB)</a></li><li><a href="/sites/default/files/migration_data/files/assets.ctfassets.net/knkzaf64jx5x/6Y48z299soJH5AsNr60OiC/3b60c37f66bdc55278b54d7f58c0b60c/Pay-Policy-statement-2022-to-2023.pdf">2022 to 2023 pay policy statement (PDF, 137.98kB)</a></li><li><a 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You can find detailed information about this on the <a href="http://www.essexpensionfund.co.uk/">Essex Pension Fund website</a>.</p><h3>Fees and charges</h3><p>You can see a list of <a href="/sites/default/files/2025-02/Essex%20County%20Council%20-%20Fees%20and%20Charges%202025.pdf">fees and charges (PDF, 363.32 KB)</a> Essex County Council makes for its services.</p><h4>Payment Performance Data</h4><p>All contracting authorities are required to publish annual data demonstrating their performance on paying invoices in 30 days to first-tier suppliers and prime contractors over the previous 12 months.</p><p>The data shows:</p><ul><li>the percentage of invoices paid within 30 days</li><li>the amount of interest paid to suppliers due to late payment</li></ul><p>We are also required to publish the total amount of interest that the contracting authority was liable to pay. For example, whether the interest was paid, whether it was statutory, and whether it was due to a breach of the regulations.</p><table><thead><tr><th>Financial Year</th><th>Proportion of valid and undisputed invoices paid within 30 days in accordance with regulation 113</th><th>Interest paid to suppliers due to a breach of the requirement in regulation 113</th><th>Interest liable to be paid to suppliers due to a breach of the requirement in regulation 113</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2023 to 2024</td><td>94.86%</td><td>£35.84</td><td>£538,744.17</td></tr><tr><td>2022 to 2023</td><td>92.97%</td><td>£2,746.08</td><td>£519,911.76</td></tr><tr><td>2021 to 2022</td><td>90.18%</td><td>£0</td><td>£557,309.00</td></tr><tr><td>2020 to 2021</td><td>89.64%</td><td>£5,779.30</td><td>£536,348.01</td></tr><tr><td>2019 to 2020</td><td>91.70%</td><td>£496.21</td><td>£308,518.14</td></tr><tr><td>2018 to 2019</td><td>93.70%</td><td>£1,660.85</td><td>£281,307.83</td></tr><tr><td>2017 to 2018</td><td>89.60%</td><td>£7,990.81</td><td>£469,499.17</td></tr><tr><td>2016 to 2017</td><td>89.50%</td><td>£34,373.30</td><td>£452,854.00</td></tr></tbody></table>"
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                        "value" => "<p>We have received a number of questions from people concerning payments to contractors during the pandemic and subsequently for community engagement via social media, other activities relating to work commissioned through the Public Health team, as well as requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.</p><p>In order to be as transparent as possible, we have drawn together all of those questions into one place, together with answers in so far as we are able to supply them.</p><p>It should be noted that the previous Head of the council’s Strengthening Communities (HoSC) team left the council in March 2022, and their email account was deleted shortly afterwards, in line with our standard policies. This has limited the information available and therefore some of the answers we are able to provide.</p><p>The Council’s Audit, Governance and Standards Committee was asked to investigate this matter. The Committee reported on their investigation in July 2024.&nbsp;<a href="/sites/default/files/2024-08/Public%20AGS%20Report%20into%20Social%20Media%20Issues.pdf" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="964b0aa4-59c8-48c8-85b3-041fccd79e3e" data-entity-substitution="file">Read the committee's report (PDF, 414.59 KB)</a>.</p><p>Essex County Council is one of the country’s largest councils, covering one of the largest geographical areas. It has around 1.5m residents who live in diverse communities in towns and villages from inside the M25 to Saffron Walden and to the port of Harwich, as well as a large coastal area.</p><p>We have noted the points raised about a number of people via social media and we have provided information about:</p><ul><li>Simon Harris</li><li>Jon Morter</li><li>Emmy McCarthy</li><li>Johnny Searle Consulting Limited</li><li>Neel Mookherjee</li><li>Rob Pilley</li><li>Jake Searl</li><li>Central Law CIC</li><li>Better Divorce Course</li><li>The Prince of Wales Pub in Stow Maries</li></ul><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="a6dff52e-bba2-47d1-b42b-893918363727">&nbsp;</drupal-media><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The people included here are people we have been asked questions about.&nbsp;They are either businesses (including sole traders) who have received funding for social media activity, or are other businesses or organisations who received payments from us for things unrelated to social media.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p><p>Many of the payments have already been published within the spend data on this website, but we are providing more information and context.&nbsp; It should be noted that we are publishing information on the basis of being asked to provide information. Inclusion in the spreadsheet does not imply any suggestion of any inappropriate behaviour or wrongdoing of any nature whatsoever and all investigations were completed in 2024 without making any criticism of any of the suppliers named on this page.&nbsp;We are just being as transparent as possible to respond to questions which have been asked.</p><p>Many of the enquiries relate to commissioning external people to produce and curate social media content and build networks.&nbsp; Our paid for use of this started in a small scale in July 2019 and increased substantially during the national emergency of the coronavirus pandemic and continued throughout the pandemic.&nbsp; It was expanded to cover other subjects where social media could help get messages to our residents.&nbsp;</p><h4><strong>Simon Harris</strong></h4><p>Prior to the pandemic, we sought to use social media (primarily Facebook) to reach people who were not engaging with the council, by developing a network of local administrators who would amplify the council’s campaign messages, thus bringing them to a wider audience than would otherwise be possible. Simon Harris helped provide a small amount of content and did some other work for which he was paid.&nbsp; &nbsp;</p><p><strong>When was Simon Harris first used?</strong></p><p>Mr Harris was first contracted to the council in July 2019 when he did work for United in Kind, a social movement in Essex which aims to prevent loneliness.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>What was Mr Harris’s role during the pandemic?</strong></p><p>It was quickly realised that communication on public health messages to encourage compliance with lockdown regulations during the pandemic would be of paramount importance and would require intense activity, far in excess of what the council’s own resources would enable. Lockdown restrictions meant that social media became one of the council’s primary channels for reaching residents and businesses, alongside the professional media and channels such as direct mail and on-street advertising. At that point, social media work from Mr Harris was commissioned.</p><p><strong>Did he approach the council or did the council approach him?&nbsp;</strong></p><p>He was known to the council as a person who was able to generate engagement on social media. It is understood that the then Head of Strengthening Communities became acquainted with Mr Harris at events relating to social media.&nbsp; The former Head saw how it could be harnessed to amplify messages.</p><p><strong>Was any contract tendered?</strong></p><p>No. No tendering or competitive process took place.&nbsp; The amounts paid in 2019 were low enough so no competitive process would have been expected under our rules.</p><p>Once the pandemic started, it was considered imperative that the work to create a network to support the community was given to someone with strong, established connections to local Facebook groups.&nbsp; Mr Harris undeniably had these links. It was&nbsp;important to set things up quickly to amplify critical messages to all residents, especially the vulnerable and those in need of support, and to recruit those able to support through volunteering. The first payments during the pandemic were for £15,000 and £20,000.</p><p>It Is important to remember that the first payments over £10,000 were during the very early stages of the pandemic when, like all local authorities, the county council was under pressure, dealing with delivering essential care services for the vulnerable and re-shaping its other services so that as many of them as possible could carry on, while dealing with additional government requirements regarding the lockdown and social distancing.&nbsp;This placed our resources under a lot of pressure.</p><p>None of the contracts were required by law to be tendered. &nbsp;None of the contracts referred to in this spreadsheet were over the EU tender limit. (The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020, but was in a transitional period until 31 December 2020 and the EU procurement rules remained in force in the UK throughout the period this content refers to.)</p><p>Even if they had been over the tender limit, it is important to remember that the pandemic was a time when we needed to buy things urgently.&nbsp; Like many public authorities, we had to make use of regulation 33 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 during this time.&nbsp;The need for widespread procurement outside the normal rules was recognised by the UK Cabinet Office as well as the European Union, of which the UK was then a member. Read ‘<a href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52020XC0401(05)">Guidance from the European Commission on using the public procurement framework in the emergency situation related to the COVID-19 crisis</a>’.</p><p>These contracts needed to be awarded and continued urgently.&nbsp; Payments continued during the pandemic when our services and resources continued to be under great pressure in managing the response to the pandemic.</p><p><strong>What were the internal rules for competitive procurement?</strong></p><p>Our procurement rules do not require any competitive process for spend up to £10,000.&nbsp; Between £10,000 and £100,000 it’s expected that quotes will be obtained.&nbsp;Over £100,000 a tender process is expected.&nbsp; These processes do not apply where a ‘waiver’ is granted.&nbsp; We also need to award in compliance with a procedure authorised by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 if the spend is over the relevant threshold.&nbsp;None of the contracts were above the relevant threshold.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Were internal processes followed for the spend?</strong></p><p>A procurement waiver was granted informally by a Head of Procurement for the initial expenditure during the pandemic. Other payments were not covered by procurement waivers when they should have been.&nbsp;</p><p>Some processes were not followed relating to procurement waivers and declarations of interest.</p><p><strong>Was any of the spend unlawful or illegal?</strong></p><p>We are not aware of any aspect of spending which could, under the rules, be considered to have been illegal or unlawful.</p><p><strong>Would you repeat the spending?</strong></p><p>In the pandemic things were different and the circumstances were exceptional.&nbsp; All services supporting communications and spending were extremely busy.&nbsp; Key services took on additional staff.&nbsp; The council and our residents did benefit from the services provided by Mr Harris though increased levels of engagement.&nbsp; Since the pandemic, work to engage via social media has continued on some projects but at a reduced level.</p><p>There were significant benefits to our residents, so we definitely can’t say we wouldn’t spend money on social media engagement in this way again. &nbsp;We have obviously learnt from our experiences and would apply that learning in future activity.</p><p><strong>Did the services represent good value for money?</strong></p><p>Given the wider pressures of pandemic communications, it was not possible to find the capacity internally to support this work, and there was not really a clear market price for work of this specific type (facilitating engagement and amplifying messages through working with Facebook administrators) which was a new area of ‘paid for’ activity for us. It was also considered helpful to have independent amplification of our messages by a non-local authority voice.</p><p>On the one hand, it is our view that we achieved more engagement than would have otherwise been the case , and it was a <a href="https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/lsbu-research-blogs/blogs/hsc/2022/the-seagull-said-its-ok-to-go-out-now-evaluating-a-community-driven-public-health-intervention-during-the-covid-pandemic">novel approach</a>, utilising a ‘non-local government’ tone of voice and frequent posting, which was valued by our residents and cited in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.local.gov.uk/case-studies/essex-county-council-evaluating-supportive-digital-communities-during-covid-19">national case studies</a>.&nbsp; It certainly helped engagement within the covid restrictions and it helped influence behaviour by giving people information in an engaging way.&nbsp; On the other hand, it is entirely understandable that people will regard the sums concerned as a lot of money to spend on Facebook promotions, particularly viewed 18 months after the end of the pandemic crisis and during a cost-of-living crisis.&nbsp;Opinions will differ on this.</p><p><strong>Where did the money come from?</strong></p><p>There were a number of sources of funding.</p><p>Much of it came from government grants rather than the council tax, including emergency covid grants which could only be spent on certain things.&nbsp; Some came from Mid Essex Hospital Trust for the ‘This is Your Life Campaign’.</p><p>The minority of money came from the council’s general funds which are ultimately paid for from Council Tax.</p><p><strong>Can we see documentation on the decision and award of contracts?</strong></p><p>There are a number of <a href="/node/1722" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="d9486f82-8f1a-4302-9780-08277081699b" data-entity-substitution="canonical">contracts and grant agreements</a> with Mr Harris.&nbsp; These are being published with this note, redacted to remove personal details.&nbsp;These cover most of the expenditure as noted in the spreadsheet.&nbsp;</p><p>There were three formal decisions taken by Councillors:&nbsp;</p><ol><li><a href="https://cmis.essex.gov.uk/essexcmis5/Document.ashx?czJKcaeAi5tUFL1DTL2UE4zNRBcoShgo=33vwHpvP9HjpaE3oKGNSxCCxanD2wR9vSucxHkBOgItb6JVbEHZsDg%3d%3d&amp;rUzwRPf%2bZ3zd4E7Ikn8Lyw%3d%3d=pwRE6AGJFLDNlh225F5QMaQWCtPHwdhUfCZ%2fLUQzgA2uL5jNRG4jdQ%3d%3d&amp;mCTIbCubSFfXsDGW9IXnlg%3d%3d=hFflUdN3100%3d&amp;kCx1AnS9%2fpWZQ40DXFvdEw%3d%3d=hFflUdN3100%3d&amp;uJovDxwdjMPoYv%2bAJvYtyA%3d%3d=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&amp;FgPlIEJYlotS%2bYGoBi5olA%3d%3d=NHdURQburHA%3d&amp;d9Qjj0ag1Pd993jsyOJqFvmyB7X0CSQK=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&amp;WGewmoAfeNR9xqBux0r1Q8Za60lavYmz=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&amp;WGewmoAfeNQ16B2MHuCpMRKZMwaG1PaO=ctNJFf55vVA%3d">One taken by the then Leader of the County Council on 24 December 2020</a>, allocating £60k to be spent on Essex Coronavirus Action.&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://cmis.essex.gov.uk/essexcmis5/Document.ashx?czJKcaeAi5tUFL1DTL2UE4zNRBcoShgo=MPdbcrTz0M6pHGAosraBypCRppwn1atD6U%2ff3gYuSucy%2bmZqBPPvzw%3d%3d&amp;rUzwRPf%2bZ3zd4E7Ikn8Lyw%3d%3d=pwRE6AGJFLDNlh225F5QMaQWCtPHwdhUfCZ%2fLUQzgA2uL5jNRG4jdQ%3d%3d&amp;mCTIbCubSFfXsDGW9IXnlg%3d%3d=hFflUdN3100%3d&amp;kCx1AnS9%2fpWZQ40DXFvdEw%3d%3d=hFflUdN3100%3d&amp;uJovDxwdjMPoYv%2bAJvYtyA%3d%3d=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&amp;FgPlIEJYlotS%2bYGoBi5olA%3d%3d=NHdURQburHA%3d&amp;d9Qjj0ag1Pd993jsyOJqFvmyB7X0CSQK=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&amp;WGewmoAfeNR9xqBux0r1Q8Za60lavYmz=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&amp;WGewmoAfeNQ16B2MHuCpMRKZMwaG1PaO=ctNJFf55vVA%3d">Taken by the Cabinet on 8 June 2021:</a> authorising £100k to be spent on Essex Coronavirus Action (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdj-peXUtJs&amp;list=PLsPwVgzZq1ZpY6OgP61v6BpJoNDM-VjAT">streamed on YouTube</a>) and £50k to be spent on a coronavirus campaign for gypsies and travellers, and £100k for Chelmsford CAB which was for the Central Law Group. The £500k for Coronavirus Campaigns was for the corporate communications team who were undertaking significant activity in communicating to our residents.&nbsp; ECVA supplemented this work.</li><li><a href="https://cmis.essex.gov.uk/essexcmis5/Document.ashx?czJKcaeAi5tUFL1DTL2UE4zNRBcoShgo=e27bIonakTtWF7rlS8Xe43sRO03u%2bCGCMDSH3RClCLkUMpCEs3E31A%3d%3d&amp;rUzwRPf%2bZ3zd4E7Ikn8Lyw%3d%3d=pwRE6AGJFLDNlh225F5QMaQWCtPHwdhUfCZ%2fLUQzgA2uL5jNRG4jdQ%3d%3d&amp;mCTIbCubSFfXsDGW9IXnlg%3d%3d=hFflUdN3100%3d&amp;kCx1AnS9%2fpWZQ40DXFvdEw%3d%3d=hFflUdN3100%3d&amp;uJovDxwdjMPoYv%2bAJvYtyA%3d%3d=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&amp;FgPlIEJYlotS%2bYGoBi5olA%3d%3d=NHdURQburHA%3d&amp;d9Qjj0ag1Pd993jsyOJqFvmyB7X0CSQK=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&amp;WGewmoAfeNR9xqBux0r1Q8Za60lavYmz=ctNJFf55vVA%3d&amp;WGewmoAfeNQ16B2MHuCpMRKZMwaG1PaO=ctNJFf55vVA%3d">Taken by the Cabinet Member for Finance on 21 December 2021</a>:&nbsp;allocating money for Essex is Green.</li></ol><p><strong>Why are some contracts not signed by both parties?</strong></p><p>&nbsp;Our records from this period are incomplete. However if a contract is sent to someone, and they carry out the requirements and are paid, the law considers that a contract has been created because each party has performed their obligations.</p><p><strong>Why did we pay Mr Harris as an individual?&nbsp;</strong></p><p>We have always paid Mr Harris as an individual as with respect to this work he was a sole trader.</p><p>There’s nothing unusual about paying sole traders. Some payments were made to Mr Harris on the understanding that he would pass them on to others. This was done as an expedience during the pandemic – see later.</p><p><strong>Was Mr Harris on an approved list or procurement framework?&nbsp;</strong></p><p>No. We did not have an approved list or framework for this type of work at the start of the pandemic.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Who signed off payments?</strong></p><p>This is shown on the spreadsheets.&nbsp; This would be by approving a purchase order or by authorising a payment.</p><p><strong>What documentation do you have about Mr Harris’s qualifications or suitability to provide services?</strong></p><p>Some of Mr Harris’s work was evaluated after it was delivered and it was considered to be of a suitable standard.&nbsp; There is no documentation relating to qualification/suitability to provide services.</p><p><strong>What services were provided?</strong></p><p>See the contracts and spreadsheet. However, Mr Harris provided content and engagement activity over a number of Facebook pages, including Essex Coronavirus Action, Essex is Green, pages for Essex Veterans, content aimed at suicide prevention and dementia support, amongst others, alongside supporting non-digital activity</p><p><strong>What documentation is there relating to why services were necessary?</strong></p><p>The work was purchased at speed, largely during a pandemic.&nbsp; No detailed documentation was prepared about why services were necessary.&nbsp; It was important for our residents to be engaged with the messages issued by our Director of Public Health and from the council corporately, especially as these pertained to changes of rules at different stages of the pandemic.&nbsp; It is clear that Essex Coronavirus Action helped with this by ensuring that messages were well distributed, and more accessible in that they were shared within and by online communities, not just the council itself.</p><p><strong>Was all the money retained by Mr Harris?</strong></p><p>We understand from records given to us recently by Mr Harris that he passed on at least £163,190.95 to others involved in the campaign.&nbsp; These may be regarded as sub-contractors.&nbsp; There was no legal obligation on Mr Harris to tell us about who he was using or why or how much he was paying.</p><p><strong>Why was this arrangement used?</strong></p><p>We have no record as to why this happened. It frequently appears to have been to support content production, including by fellow influencers.&nbsp; Some of it was used to pay people who were helping to co-ordinate and onboard volunteers at vaccination centres.&nbsp; It appears that it was done this way to facilitate payments more quickly than could have been achieved by the council’s internal recruitment processes.&nbsp; We are ensuring that HMRC are aware of this situation.</p><p><strong>Why was this work given to Mr Harris rather than the council’s communications team?</strong></p><p>The council’s corporate communications team was at full stretch with the development and dissemination of council messages via its own channels during the pandemic, alongside targeted campaigns encouraging different audiences including young people, the vulnerable and the disengaged to follow rules, get vaccinated or volunteer. The primary role of the council’s communications team was the production and initial dissemination of messages, via its own channels, to the professional media and via the council’s corporate social media channels. It was undoubtedly the case that Mr Harris was connected to lots of local&nbsp; Facebook groups and was able to benefit from established links with administrators; he was therefore able to amplify those messages. This meant that he could use his pre-existing networks to help messages sent out by the council reach a wider audience.&nbsp; He was also able to develop messages issued by government and the council to make them more accessible, often by using humour which may have been inappropriate for the council to use.&nbsp;</p><p>Essex Coronavirus Action was not ‘owned’ by the council, not withstanding that it was funded by the council, and was therefore able to offer independent amplification of messages.</p><p><strong>How much was paid to Mr Harris for Coronavirus Action Support/Essex is United?</strong></p><p>The total payments were £349,975 of which it appears c£135k was paid to others for services including c£16,000 for co-ordinators to support vaccination centre volunteers.</p><p>For example, of the £100,000 paid in August 2021 to run the page for a further year, it appears that £65,000 was paid to others.</p><p><strong>What was the rest of the money paid to Mr Harris for?</strong></p><p>The remaining money was paid for other campaigns such as those to support veterans, Essex is Green, suicide prevention, the ‘This Is Your Life’ campaign and various public health campaigns as set out in the spreadsheet.</p><p><strong>Did the council’s communications team have a role in commissioning social media before the pandemic?</strong></p><p>The council’s communications and marketing team is responsible for the management of the council’s corporate social media channels. This includes content creation, campaign activity, paid for social media advertising and evaluation and analytics.&nbsp; This was the case prior to the pandemic, and continues to be the case. They did manage, and continue to manage, the council’s social media channels and as part of campaigning activity, commission advertising on Facebook and other channels. The department did not have a role in managing relationships with, or commissioning third party Facebook groups or admins.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Did the council’s communication team have a role in advising on the benefits of using an external Facebook support, on managing Facebook admins or on advising on what fees were appropriate?</strong></p><p>No. The work was devised, delivered and scaled up by the Public Health team. The council’s Communications team were not consulted but were aware of the activity. They were not aware of&nbsp; the size or nature of the payments and therefore they didn’t raise any concerns.</p><p><strong>Did the council’s communications team have any role in evaluating the value of the use of Mr Harris, compared to the value they could have added themselves or in assessing whether any increased engagement was caused by the pandemic situation rather than the efforts of Mr Harris?</strong></p><p>No. The council’s communications team was not asked to do this. The evaluation of the activity was carried out independently.</p><p><strong>How can you demonstrate value for money in the services provided?</strong></p><p>There was clearly value in the services provided.&nbsp;South Bank University confirmed that the campaign had been effective.</p><p>The reporting data provided at the time shows the use of digital communities had great benefit for us during the pandemic. We were able to inform and reassure a large number of residents, some of whom we would not ordinarily have had the ability to reach. We were also able to build a trusted channel and achieve good levels of salience. The risk of not communicating with our Essex population, particularly those who were vulnerable, was not one we could take.&nbsp; It is hard to place a value on this.</p><p>It should be noted that the report considered by Cabinet in June 2021 also included £500,000 for the communications and marketing team to spend on covid campaigns.</p><p><strong>Essex Coronavirus Action Facebook page is reported to have had 3-5 million Facebook impressions a month at the height of the Pandemic. What is the figure for page impressions now?</strong></p><p>The page was later re-branded as ‘Essex is United’ following the pandemic. We do not ‘own’ the page, however fresh information was given to the Council in April 2024 which is published here:&nbsp;</p><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="3c9260e2-a081-458c-9b48-e543395813f5">&nbsp;</drupal-media><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="24b81850-7e55-4147-9d14-088ac45cb278">&nbsp;</drupal-media><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="9e1b6953-ef28-4467-b6a7-c88452b192dc">&nbsp;</drupal-media><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Similarly, we don’t have access to information about the historical number of followers that a page had on a particular day or time.&nbsp; We don’t run these pages.&nbsp; The only information we have is in the spreadsheets and in the evaluation reports which have been published.</p><p><strong>Who was Simon Harris accountable to?</strong></p><p>He was and is accountable to Essex County Council. He had regular contact with those commissioning him, which varies depending the category of work.&nbsp;</p><p>The spreadsheet shows who was responsible for each commission.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Was the previous Head of Strengthening Communities involved in decisions?&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Yes, as can be seen from the spreadsheet.</p><p><strong>What were Cabinet Members told?</strong></p><p>Cabinet Members were very busy with many things during the pandemic.&nbsp; We explain above how some money was allocated by cabinet members, but they did not allocate all the money and they weren’t involved in the decisions to spend money. &nbsp; It’s likely that they many of them would have seen the activities resulting from the work.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Why were Cabinet Members only involved in making decisions for spending some of the money?</strong></p><p>Heads of Service at the council have authority to spend £500,000 (around 0.02% of the council’s overall spend) without involving Cabinet Members.&nbsp; Their authority would not have been necessary for any of the spending decisions.&nbsp; They were involved when the spend was part of a larger programme of spending authorisation or authorising spending to come from reserves.</p><p><strong>Has the relationship with Mr Harris ceased?</strong></p><p>The last contracts will end on 31 March 2024.&nbsp;Some of these are the expiry of three-year agreements.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Who else was paid by ECC for work on social media campaigns during the pandemic?</strong></p><p>Other individuals and companies were paid&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Anna Harris&nbsp;</li><li>Emmy McCarthy</li><li>Neel Mookherjee</li><li>Jon Morter</li><li>Rob Pilley</li><li>Johnny Searl Consulting</li><li>Jake Searl</li></ul><p>Please see separate spreadsheets.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Who else is on the spreadsheets?</strong></p><p>The following other organisations are also listed on the spreadsheets.&nbsp; These had nothing to do with social media, but we have received questions relating to funding they have received</p><ol><li>The <strong>Prince of Wales Pub in Stow Maries</strong>.&nbsp; This pub was given funding to run a community meals service during the pandemic where meals were distributed to vulnerable people in the surrounding area. In addition, when care homes were unable to operate their kitchens owing to sickness or self-isolation requirements, the Prince of Wales pub delivered food to the care homes to ensure that residents were fed.&nbsp; The latter work was commissioned by Social Services.</li><li>The <strong>Better Divorce Course</strong> who provide face to face and online training to help people through the separation process.</li><li><strong>Central Law CIC</strong>, a not-for-profit company which provides affordable or low-cost legal advice which has its origins in the Chelmsford CAB.&nbsp; Its registered office is at the same premises as the Chelmsford Citizens’ Advice Bureau and its directors include former City Councillors and the former CAB Chief Executive.&nbsp;</li></ol><p>None of this funding was tendered.&nbsp;The funding for the CIC was clearly in the nature of a grant rather than the council buying services.&nbsp; It wouldn’t have been expected that this was subject to competitive procurement.</p><p><strong>Were any relationships or potential conflicts declared?</strong></p><p>We have identified that there was not full compliance with the declaration of interest process but we are unable to disclose details of who should have declared or what.&nbsp; This is because it would amount to a breach of the first data protection principle which requires that data should be processed fairly and lawfully.</p><p><br><strong>What governance policies were used in relation to the payments to Mr Harris?</strong></p><p>The usual policies applied. These are set out in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.essex.gov.uk/running-council/code-governance">code of governance</a><u>.</u></p><p><strong>Did they differ from normal pre-pandemic governance arrangements? If so in what way?&nbsp;</strong></p><p>No. While many local authorities increased the powers of officers during the pandemic, our councillors chose not to.&nbsp; We did have to make more use of urgent decision-making processes than normal but councillors were involved as much as possible.&nbsp; It is the case that there was a lot of activity at a much faster pace than normal.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>Was any breach of the declarations of interest policy identified, were any employees subject to any action and what was the outcome of that action?</strong></p><p>We are unable to comment on this as commenting either way would involve the disclosure of personal data about current or former employees which would not be fair to anyone whose information might be released which would therefore be a breach of the first data protection principle.</p>"
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