Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service has spent from the public purse on consultancies in each financial year between 2008 and 2016.

HMCTS has published the value of consultant expenditure annually in its Annual Report and Accounts since it was formed on 1 April 2011.

We are therefore only able to provide comparable data for HMCTS since its formation (along with the restated comparative figures from 2010-11).

2011-12

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-service-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2011-to-2012

2012-13

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2012-to-2013

2013-14

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2013-to-2014

2014-15

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-and-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015

2015-16

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2015-to-2016

2016-17

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hm-courts-tribunals-service-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017