Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much has been spent on external advertising consultants in each year since 2012.

FCDO's total consultancy since 2017 is set out below. Information for prior years could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Consultancy spend is published in our annual accounts, which are publically available (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fcdo-annual-report-and-accounts-2021-to-2022).