Question follow-through · 4247

Freud Communications: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the (a) Home Office and (b) National Crime Agency has paid to Freuds since July 2024, including via subcontracted contracts.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
29 May 2026
Target answer date
2 Jun 2026
Answer
8 Jun 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the (a) Home Office and (b) National Crime Agency has paid to Freuds since July 2024, including via subcontracted contracts.

  2. 2 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    a) The Home Office paid Freuds £15,102.53 (ex VAT) within the stated period through a contract with FCB Inferno. b) NCA records show that no payments have been made to Freuds in the stated period.

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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