Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the statistical report, MOD departmental resources 2020, published on 10 December 2020, how much was spent on consultancy which was allocated under the unknown category.
At the time of publication, the ‘unknown’ elements of consultancy spend were reported as an overarching consultancy category on the departmental returns.
Following publication it has been determined that the sub-categories to which the majority of the unknown spend refer are: IT/IS, Programme and Project Management and Organisational and Change management.