Ministry of Defence: Consultants
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each year since 2021.
Answered by Maria Eagle
The table below gives the overall expenditure on consultancies in the last five financial years by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), On Vote Agencies, Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies and Other Bodies (such as the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Royal Hospital Chelsea, the Reserve Forces and Cadet Associations and International Military Services Ltd.).
Financial Year | Consultancy Expenditure (£million) |
2020-21 | 109.668 |
2021-22 | 134.942 |
2022-23 | 149.105 |
2023-24 | 86.276 |
We have taken immediate action to stop all non-essential government consultancy spending in 2024-25 as part of our commitment to secure value for money for taxpayers, crack down on waste, and get a grip of MOD budgets
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