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Government Departments: Consultants

Asked by Matt VickersConservativeCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 23 June 2025UIN 59797

The question

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what was the cost to the public purse of central Government spending on external consultants in each of the last three years.

Answered by Georgia Gould

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 labour.

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