Ministry of Defence: Consultants

(asked on 10th May 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much from the public purse his Department spent on external consultants (a) between 31 March 2022 and 30 March 2023 and (b) since 31 March 2023.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 19th May 2023

The Department maintains a central record of overall consultancy expenditure which is disclosed as part of the Annual Report and Accounts (ARAC).

The most recent available figure for the Department's overall spend on consultancy can be found in the Annual Report and Accounts for Financial Year 2021-22. For ease of reference the value reported was £204.974 million.

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