Question follow-through · 15516
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 21 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2024 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
25 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2024
Answer published
Expenditure on consultancy is reported each year in the Annual Report and Accounts. For 2021-22, this is shown on page 111 athttps://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/635a7f1e8fa8f5653f83f4f0/defra-annual-report-2021-2022.pdf For 2022-23, this is sho...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Dogs: Insurance
10 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department has issued to dog owners on changes to public liability insurance through the Dogs Trust Companion Club scheme from 1 July 2026.
Water: Social Tariffs
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a national social tariff for water bills.