Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the total (a) number and (b) value of Government contracts that have been contracted out by his Department was in each year since 2010; what the value of pro bono costs was in each such year; and what estimate he has made of the number of work days contracted out in each such year.

The value of pro bono costs and the number of work days contracted is not held centrally and can only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Contracts let by the Department are published on the Cabinet Office Website which can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder

Archived information can be found at:

www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk.