Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 7952, on Department for Exiting the European Union: temporary employment, how many and what proportion of requests for consultancy and temporary staff were accompanied by a formal business case.

The Department has an approvals hierarchy that ensures that all proposals for expenditure on consultancy or temporary staff are reviewed and approved by Senior Civil Servants. This ensures that there is a fully documented business justification for investment decisions which, where appropriate, results in a full business case.