Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much his Department spent on external recruitment consultants in 2021.

In the 2021 calendar year, Cabinet Office spent £7.587 million on external recruitment services (consultancy). Included within this total figure is expenditure totalling £7.254m, attributed to the Government Recruitment Service for external recruitment services (consultancy) which was incurred by the Cabinet Office and recharged to other Government Departments.