Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department spent on external consultants in each of the last five years.
The information requested is shown in the following table.
2020/21 | 2019/21 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 |
£'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 | £'000 |
171,613 | 15,203 | 19,829 | 12,402 | 4,485 |
Source: Department of Health and Social Care Annual Report and Accounts
The information for 2021/22 will be published in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22 later this year.