Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much his Department and its predecessor Department spent on consultants in each of the last 10 years.
Spend on consultants by legacy Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID), for each of the last 10 years, was as follows:
FCO | DFID | |
2019/20 | £2,936,902 | £24,609 |
2018/19 | £1,927,753 | £27,176 |
2017/18 | £1,261,979 | £11,630 |
2016/17 | £814,467 | £25,822 |
2015/16 | £1,080,000 | £52,120 |
2014/15 | £1,600,000 | £101,330 |
2013/14 | £1,500,000 | £198,344 |
2012/13 | £3,500,000 | £251,383 |
2011/12 | £12,040,000 | £700,000 |
2010/11 | £19,200,000 | £1,400,000 |