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Written question asked by Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party) on Wednesday, 20 July 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 5 September 2022. It was answered by Trudy Harrison (Conservative) on Monday, 5 September 2022 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Department for Transport: Consultants

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they were consulted.

Answer

The Department’s published figures in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts includes the total consultancy expenditure figures covering the core Department and its Executive Agencies. These numbers are available online at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dft-annual-reports-and-accounts.

The table below also provides the total spend on consultants for DVSA, covering financial years 2018-19 to 2020-21, as these figures for those years are not included in the total Departmental consultancy expenditure available online:

Financial Year

Expenditure (£m)

2018-19

0.1

2019-20

0.6

2020-21

0.5

Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on Contracts Finder. Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and Arms Length Bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK.

All Government Departments and their individual ALBs and agencies are required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
40930
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Consultants Department for Transport
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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