Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much NHS Digital has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years.

The following table shows NHS Digital’s expenditure on consultancy in each of the last five years.

Source: NHS Digital Annual Report and Accounts.

Note:

This data has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Department of Health and Social Care Group Accounting Manual, which defines consultancy as the provision to management of objective advice and assistance relating to strategy, structure, management or operations of the organisation in pursuit of its purposes and objectives.