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Written Question
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Accountancy
Friday 9th December 2022

Asked by: Lord Cryer (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the (a) nature and (b) value was of all (i) contracts, (ii) consultancies and (iii) other services placed with the accountancy firms (A) Deloitte & Touche, (B) Ernst & Young, (C) KPMG and (D) PricewaterhouseCoopers in each year since 2010-11 by (1) their Department, (2) any predecessor Departments and (3) departmental agencies.

Answered by Kevin Hollinrake - Shadow Minister without Portfolio

Details of post-2016 Government contracts above £10,000 can found on Contracts Finder. https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder

Information prior to 2016 is not held centrally and can only be obtained disproportionally.

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