Question follow-through · 18886
Government Departments: Consultants
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent on consultants across Government Departments in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much was spent on consultants across Government Departments in (a) 2023 and (b) 2024.
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2024
Answer published
Consultancy spend across government is not centrally held and is held by each department. Cabinet Office spend on consultants is published in the Annual Reports and Accounts which are available on gov.uk.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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