Consultants
(asked on 9th June 2014) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, what the cost to the public purse was of external consultants employed by (a) the Serious Fraud Office and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013 and (v) 2014 to date.
The following table contains details on the expenditure on external consultants by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) during the past four complete financial years. Both organisations financial reporting systems are configured to provide information based on financial rather than calendar years.
Year | External Consultants Expenditure | |
| CPS | SFO |
2010-11 | £684,314 | £1,557,887 |
2011-12 | £13,347 | £856,182 |
2012-13 | £9,793 | £31,142* |
2013-14 | £960 | £48,228 (subject to audit) |
* The expenditure listed for 2012-13 was actually incurred in 2011-12 but not paid until the following year.