2.6 71 per cent of authorities with projects at the design and build stage and 82 per cent of authorities with projects at the provision of services stage considered they employed sufficient staff within their contract management teams.
2.7 Similar proportions (55 out of 72 authorities at the design and build stage and 56 out of 72 authorities at the provision of services stage) considered that more than half of the staff within their contract management teams had experience and appropriate skills (Figure 12 overleaf).