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Exceptions to Cross-Government moratoria on spend in DefraDefra spending moratoria 2012-13 Q4 Consultancy

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Department	Organisation Name	Project name	Basis for expenditure approval	Value (£M)	Total Value requested	Total Value approved	Basis for Exception	Approval month	Date of update	Explanatory note
DEFRA	DEFRA	Thames Tunnel, Commercial and financing Consultancy increase in finance.	In house skills not available to deliver this activity	Not set	£400,000.00	£400,000.00	Not set	Not set	28/02/2013	Increase in finance to the Thames Tunnel Commercial and financing Consultancy.
DEFRA	DEFRA	Thames Tunnel, legal Consultancy 2 month extension to 31/05/13.	In house skills not available to deliver this activity	Not set	£200,000.00	£200,000.00	Not set	Not set	28/03/2013	The consultancy involves areas of legal expertise that Defra’s in-house legal team do not have; including corporate finance and capital markets. Furthermore, the in-house legal team does not have the required experience in negotiating and drafting contracts of this size and nature, or the capacity to dedicate a sufficient level of resource to this project.
DEFRA	DEFRA	Thames Tunnel, Commercial and financing Consultancy 2 month extension to 31/05/13.	In house skills not available to deliver this activity	Not set	£200,000.00	£200,000.00	Not set	Not set	28/03/2013	The consultancy is required because Defra’s in-house commercial team do not have the necessary detailed level of knowledge and expertise of financing major infrastructure projects of this scale and complexity. While Infrastructure UK (IUK) advises Defra too, they have neither the capacity nor the breadth of expertise that external advisers can bring to bear.