Essex County Council Developing Insight & Analytics Case Study © 2015 Alexander In brief: Essex County Council (ECC) is a large local authority supporting a community of approximately 1.4 million residents and with an overall budget of £2.3bn to deliver services. In 2013 ECC began implementing a decision to become a ‘Commissioning Council’ that entailed separating the functions of commissioning and service delivery. This decision was taken as part of an overarching plan to address ongoing challenges to delivery of strategic outcomes and where, in common with other local authorities, tightening fiscal constraints called for deeper insight into community needs and better, evidence-based, decisions around service design and delivery. A key element of implementation was the creation –

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