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Treasury: Consultants

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainCabinet OfficeTabled Answered 1 July 2025UIN 62097

The question

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

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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