Question follow-through · 18158
Ministry of Defence: Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department plans to spend on consultancy fees in (a) the 2024-25 financial year and (b) each remaining financial year of the Parliament.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 5 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 9 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 12 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
5 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department plans to spend on consultancy fees in (a) the 2024-25 financial year and (b) each remaining financial year of the Parliament.
9 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Dec 2024
Answer published
We have taken immediate action to stop all non-essential Government consultancy spending this financial year. Spend on consultancy in 2024-25 will be published in the Department’s annual report and accounts in due course. We have not yet set External Assi...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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