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Treasury: Consultants

Commons · Question 62097 · Tabled 23 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office · Official record

Answered 1 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the total cost of external consultants across Government was in each year since 2019.

Answer

Answered by Georgia Gould, 1 Jul 2025

Individual Central Government departments publish expenditure on external consultants in their annual reports and accounts. The Government is committed to stopping all non-essential expenditure on consultants, and reducing the reliance on contingent labou...