External consultants and training firms - Find a freedom of information request

Please can you provide me with the spend by your organisation on external consultants and training firms in the previous 12 months or the most recent 12-month period for which the data is available.

Please break down the spend by type of consultancy service or training service provided.

The total spend on consultants in 2023/2024 was £7,712,996.11.

Lincolnshire County Council (LCC) is unable to provide a breakdown of the spend type of consultancy as this would require interrogating each line of data which would exceed 18 hour limit.

LCC is unable to provide the total spend on training firms in 2023/2024 as this would require interrogation of each entry allocated to training to determine which related to training firms which would exceed 18 hour limit.