Financial breakdown
Please provide a financial breakdown of all money allocated (budget and final) and spent on the failed merger between Warwick and Stratford District Councils including details of any individuals, contractors, consultants or any other externally sourced agency as part of this and paid for their time or services.
Response
You can find the financial breakdown below, or download a PDF version at - South Warwickshire merger financial breakdown - Download. All figures are in £.
Budgeted costs
| Costs | 20/21 | 21/22 | 22/23 | 23/24 | 24/25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDC SDC Integration | 3 0,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | 100,000 | |
| Services alignment | 900,000 | 900,000 | 900,000 | ||
| Total | 30,000 | 100,000 | 1,000,000 | 1,000,000 | 900,000 |
Actual costs
| Costs | Lead authority | Contractor | Total Cost | Split WDC / SDC | 20/21 | 21/22 | 22/23 | 23/24 | 24/25 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transformation Programme Team Costs | SDC | Stratford District Council | 91,897 | 50/50 | 41,576 | 4,373 | ||||
| Legal Advice on shared service arrangements | SDC | Bevan Brittain | 18,050 | 50/50 | 9,025 | |||||
| Consultation Work on behalf of WDC/SDC | SDC | Opinion Research | 25,000 | 50/50 | 12,500 | |||||
| Consultation Work on behalf of WDC/SDC | SDC | Opinion Research | 35,000 | 50/50 | ||||||
| Consultation Work on behalf of WDC/SDC | SDC | Consultation Institute | 3,500 | 50/50 | 1,750 | |||||
| Business Case Proposal | SDC | PA Consulting | 24,000 | 50/50 | 12,000 | |||||
| Structures and grading advice | SDC | West Midlands Employers | 2,100 | 50/50 | 1,050 | |||||
| Additional HR | WDC | Warwick District Council | 10,849 | 50/50 | 5,424 | |||||
| Submission of creation of SWDC (Estimate) | WDC | PA Consulting | 12,000 | 50/50 | 6,000 | |||||
| Legal costs regarding section 113 Agreements (Estimate) | SDC | Warwickshire County Council | 4,000 | 50/50 | 2,000 | |||||
| Creating a South Warwickshire Council Report | WDC | Deloitte | 44,500 | 50/50 | 22,250 | |||||
| LGA - 2 reports (April and November 2021) | WDC | Local Government Association (LGA) | Free | 0 | ||||||
| Comms Printing and Graphics | WDC | Internal Recharge | 5,484 | 50/50 | 2,742 | |||||
| Legal Advice | WDC | Warwickshire County Council | 339 | 50/50 | 169 | |||||
| New Networks Due Diligence | SDC | New Networks | 13,400 | 50/50 | 6,700 | |||||
| Report on Shared Office Accommodation | WDC | Savills | 25,000 | 50/50 | 12,500 | |||||
| Total | 28,250 | 94,937 | 16,873 | 0 | 0 | 140,059 |