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Environment Agency: Contracts

Asked by Neil O'BrienConservativeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled Answered 8 September 2026UIN 26612

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 102 of the Environment Agency's Annual Report and Accounts 2025/6, if she will provide a breakdown of the £218.4m spent by the Environment Agency in Hired and Contracted Services in 2025/6.

Answered by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Breakdown of the £218.4m spent by the Environment Agency in Hired and Contracted Services in 2025/6:

Category

Amount (£m)

Contracted services (including maintenance and construction contracts)

112.44

Technical consultancy services (including IT consultancy)

53.74

Other professional consultancy services (including audit services and professional fees)

24.34

General Consultancy services

24.32

Consultancy for legal services (including counsellor/ solicitor fees and court costs)

2.51

Consultancy agents fees (including navigation and fisheries consultancy agent fees)

1.05

Total

218.40

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