Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; if they will publish a breakdown of (a) the amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) the name of each consultancy contracted, (c) the specific matters on which they were consulted and (d) whether each contract was subject to usual Government procurement rules.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The following table shows the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority’s expenditure on externally contracted consultancy services in each of the last five years.
2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 |
£144,958 | £224,995 | £259,714 | £270,536 | £374,318 |
Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder, which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder
Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and Arm’s Length Bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK and follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Care Quality Commission has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a breakdown of (a) the amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) the name of each consultancy contracted, (c) the specific matters on which they were consulted and (d) whether each contract was subject to usual Government procurement rules.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The following table shows the Care Quality Commission’s expenditure on externally contracted consultancy services in each of the last five years.
2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 |
£1,717,781.25 | £231,600 | £0 | £72,500 | £0 |
Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder, which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder
Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and arm’s length bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK and to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Human Tissue Authority has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a breakdown of (a) the amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) the name of each consultancy contracted, (c) the specific matters on which they were consulted and (d) whether each contract was subject to usual Government procurement rules.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The following table shows the Human Tissue Authority’s expenditure on externally contracted consultancy services in each of the last five years.
2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 |
£128,593 | £210,512 | £159,011 | 59,583 | £30,442 |
Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder, which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder
Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and arm’s length bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK and to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the British Pharmacopoeia Commission has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of (a) the amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) the name of each consultancy contracted, (c) the specific matters on which they were consulted and (d) whether each contract was subject to usual Government procurement rules.
Answered by James Morris
The below table shows a breakdown of external consultants’ suppliers for the past five years for the British Pharmacopoeia Commission. All years denoted are financial years.
Year | Amount (£) |
2022 | 0 |
2021 | 0 |
2020 | 0 |
2019 | 0 |
2018 | 18,000 |
Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder. Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and Arms Length Bodies (ALBs) are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK.
All Government Departments and their individual ALBs and agencies are required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a breakdown of (a) the amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) the name of each consultancy contracted, (c) the specific matters on which they were consulted and (d) whether each contract was subject to usual Government procurement rules.
Answered by James Morris
The following table shows the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's expenditure on external consultancy in each of the last five years. All years denoted are financial years.
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
1,935,469.55 | 3,492,523.07 | 3,446,036.60 | 7,324,292.16 | 15,638,494.56 |
Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder. Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and Arms Length Bodies (ALBs) are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK.
All Government Departments and their individual ALBs and agencies are required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Commission on Human Medicines has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a breakdown of (a) the amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) the name of each consultancy contracted, (c) the specific matters on which they were consulted and (d) whether each contract was subject to usual Government procurement rules.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Commission on Human Medicines has incurred no expenditure on external consultants.
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a breakdown of (a) the amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) the name of each consultancy contracted, (c) the specific matters on which they were consulted and (d) whether each contract was subject to usual Government procurement rules.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The Committee on Mutagenicity of Chemicals in Food, Consumer Products and the Environment is a Government Advisory Committee and does not directly incur expenditure on external consultancy.
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much their Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a breakdown of (a) the amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) the name of each consultancy contracted, (c) the specific matters on which they were consulted and (d) whether each contract was subject to usual Government procurement rules.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The following table shows expenditure on externally contracted consultancy services in the core Department in each of the last five years. Fully audited data for 2021/22 will be available later this year.
2020/21 | 2019/21 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 |
£171,613,000 | £15,203,000 | £19,829,000 | £12,402,000 | £4,485,000 |
Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder
Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, individual agencies and arm’s length bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK and to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much the Independent Reconfiguration Panel has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if they will publish a breakdown of (a) the amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) the name of each consultancy contracted, (c) the specific matters on which they were consulted and (d) whether each contract was subject to usual Government procurement rules.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
There has been no expenditure on external consultancy by the Independent Reconfiguration Panel in the last five years.
Asked by: Neale Hanvey (Alba Party - Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath)
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS Blood and Transplant has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted, (c) specific matters on which they were consulted and (d) whether each contract was subject to usual Government procurement rules.
Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The following table shows NHS Blood and Transplant's expenditure on external consultancy in each year since 2017/18.
2021/22 | 2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 |
£150,000 | £2,237,000 | £567,000 | £0 | £0 |
Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder, which is available at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder
Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and arm’s length bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK and to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.