According to data compiled by research firm Porge and analysed by Local Government Chronicle (LGC), there is a tenfold different in the amount council spend per head of population on outsourced services.

After analysing figures from a database of councils’ 2012 – 2013 published receipts for expenditure over £500, it indicates a huge gulf spent by top-tier council with organisations in the private, public and voluntary sectors. According to their analysis, it shows councils spent £30.5bn with outside providers in 2012-13. The data took into account classic outsourcing expenditure such as waste contracts as well as capital schemes such as house building and payments to financial institutions.

£165 million worth of savings expected from Barnet’s “easyCouncil” outsourcing deals