Question follow-through · 15740
Department of Health and Social Care: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on consultants since 5 July 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 27 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 2 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 143 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much his Department has spent on consultants since 5 July 2024.
27 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
2 Dec 2024
Answer published
Information regarding expenditure on consultants for the period since 5 July 2024 for the core Department is unavailable, as it is currently unaudited. Fully audited figures for the year from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 will be available upon the public...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Accident and Emergency Departments: Closures
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NHS Trusts: Finance
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