Department for Work and Pensions: Consultants
(asked on 22nd June 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much her Department spent on external consultants in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 1st July 2022
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) publishes details about headcount and payroll costs for permanent staff and contractors on GOV.UK, monthly.
DWP workforce management information - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The DWP consultancy spend for the financial years ending 2018 through to 2022 is shown below.
2017/18 £7,200,259
2018/19 £4,446,169
2019/20 £4,570,665
2020/21 £1,284,861
2021/22 £1,041,058