£4,253,384.00

Got the answer to that ABM-question this afternoon ...

... £4,253,384.00.

I accept that, one could argue, it has indirectly led to savings via the eventually successful (thankfully!) in-house Public Sector Comparator bids?

But, nevertheless, this is four-and-a-quarter million pounds that Senior Council Officers expended under the direct authority of the SNP/Lib-Dem Administration's February 2009 Budget --- only to see the whole programme abandoned at conclusion.