Department for Business and Trade: Consultants
(asked on 20th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Business and Trade:
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost to the public purse of spending on external consultants by (a) Companies House, (b) the Insolvency Service, (c) the Intellectual Property Office and (d) the Met Office was in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021, and (iii) 2022; and whether any of that spending related to the preparation of funding bids to (A) her predecessor Departments and (B) HM Treasury.
The expenditure on external consultants by Companies House and the Insolvency Service is provided below. In line with the Cabinet Office’s control framework for consultancy and professional services, these figures include some expenditure on professional services for the purposes of delivery or implementation to fill skills gaps, not just advisory work.
Figures for Companies House:
Year | Total Consultancy Expenditure | Expenditure on preparation of funding bids |
2020 | £527,876 | £0 |
2021 | £482,753 | £0 |
2022 | £2,948,953 | £0 |
Figures for the Insolvency Service:
Year | Total Consultancy Expenditure | Expenditure on preparation of funding bids |
2020 | £602,965 | £151,400 |
2021 | £983,427 | £113,169 |
2022 | £903,099 | £8,700 |
The Intellectual Property Office and the Met Office are now both part of the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.