Environment Agency: Contracts
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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