Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many consultants his Department has hired in each year since 2016; and what the cost of that process has been to the public purse.

The information is not held centrally.

Details of HM Treasury’s spending on consultancy for each financial year is published in the Annual Report and Accounts which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications