Breakdown of LGR base work on economics, procurement and data
Request received 7 September 2026
I am seeking information about the evidence base and transition work being developed in connection with Local Government Reorganisation (LGR).
I am not requesting a full contract register, detailed technical asset register or information which would require the creation of new analysis. Where information is already published, please provide the relevant link.
1. ECONOMIC BASELINE
Has the authority produced, commissioned or begun preparing a combined economic baseline for the proposed/reorganised authority area?
If yes, please provide the document, or if already published, its title and URL.
Please indicate whether it covers any of the following:
- business population
- employment
- productivity
- key sectors
- deprivation
- economic performance
2. GROWTH HOTSPOTS, COLD SPOTS & PRIORITY PLACES
Has the authority identified any geographic areas within the proposed/reorganised authority as:
- economic or business-growth hotspots
- areas of economic weakness or deprivation
- regeneration priorities
- town-centre priorities
- strategic employment locations
- business parks
- innovation districts
- other priority economic locations?
If yes, please provide the names of the areas and any report, map or dataset used to define them.
3. BUSINESS & SECTOR INTELLIGENCE
Has the authority mapped or analysed businesses across the proposed/reorganised authority by:
- location
- sector
- business size
- growth potential
- other economic characteristics?
If yes, please state:
a) what datasets, software or external data products are being used;
b) whether a combined dataset covering predecessor authorities has been created.
4. LOCAL PROCUREMENT & ECONOMIC IMPACT
As part of LGR planning, has the authority established or begun establishing a combined baseline covering any of the following:
- total supplier spend
- local supplier spend
- SME spend
- VCSE spend
- supplier location?
If yes, please provide the latest available headline figures or the relevant report.
Please also state whether the authority intends to measure changes in local economic impact or 'local pound' performance after reorganisation.
5. SUPPLIER, CONTRACT & COMMERCIAL TRANSITION
Has the authority created or begun creating a consolidated view of suppliers and contracts across predecessor councils?
Please state whether work has identified any of the following:
- duplicate suppliers or contracts
- contracts requiring novation
- contracts identified for consolidation
- contracts identified for re-tender or termination
- material contract expiries around transition
- critical supplier dependencies
Headline counts or summaries are sufficient. A full contract register is not requested.
6. DATA CONSOLIDATION & IDENTIFIED PAIN POINTS
Has the LGR programme formally identified any difficulty combining, matching or reconciling information held by predecessor authorities relating to:
- businesses
- suppliers
- procurement
- contracts
- property
- finance
- economic development?
If yes, please provide any recorded summary of the issues, risks or work required.
7. SYSTEMS & INTELLIGENCE TOOLS
Has the authority inventoried the principal systems or data platforms used across predecessor councils for:
- procurement
- supplier management
- contract management
- finance
- business intelligence
- economic development
- place intelligence?
If yes, please provide:
a) the number of separate systems/platforms identified;
b) any documented target approach for consolidation.
A detailed technical asset register is not requested.
8. EXTERNAL SUPPORT & BUDGET SIGNALS
Has the authority commissioned, or does it currently intend to commission, external support relating to LGR for any of the following:
- economic analysis
- business intelligence
- supplier/spend analysis
- data matching or cleansing
- mapping
- contract rationalisation
- commercial transition
- economic-impact analysis?
For any commissioned work, please provide where held:
a) supplier name;
b) brief scope of work;
c) contract value;
d) contract dates.
9. OWNERSHIP, PROGRAMME STATUS & TIMETABLE
Please identify the team/function or job title responsible for the LGR economic/commercial evidence base described above.
Where recorded, please also state whether the work is:
- not started
- in discovery
- in data collection
- in analysis
- in implementation
and the expected completion date or next key milestone.
10. GOVERNANCE, INFORMATION & ORGANISATIONAL TRANSITION
Has the authority identified or established any specific LGR workstreams relating to:
- information governance
- data protection
- data migration or integration
- records management
- data governance?
If yes, please provide:
a) the name/title of the workstream;
b) the responsible team or job title;
c) whether external support has been commissioned or is planned;
d) any published programme documentation or procurement relating to this work.
Responded 11 September 2026
1.This work has not been undertaken due to the delay to the announcement of a decision by MHCLG. Information relating to the proposal supported by East Cambridgeshire District Council, Option B, is available here Option B | East Cambridgeshire District Council
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