Government Departments: Consultants

(asked on 31st January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much money was spent from the public purse on consultancy fees as recorded by the Cabinet Office Spend Analytic Database by each Department, in each of the last five financial years,


Answered by
Oliver Dowden Portrait
Oliver Dowden
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
This question was answered on 6th February 2019

The unaudited total reported spend through the Spend Analytic Database for consultancy services in the last five full financial years across all Government departments including ALB’s is as follows:

2013-14

£648 million

2014-15

£676 million

2015-16

£635 million

2016-17

£964 million

2017-18

£1,549 million

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