Question follow-through · 15519
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 21 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 25 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 29 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development 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.
29 Nov 2024
Answer published
Per the annual report and accounts published figures, the FCDO has spent the following amounts on consultancy fees since 2021:£2.7 million in 20/21£5.8 million in 21/22£4.3 million in 22/23£3.5 million in 23/24The reporting for the current financial year,...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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