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 was of spending on external consultants by (a) UK Export Finance, (b) the Trade Remedies Authority, (c) UK Defence and Security Exports and (d) the Competition and Markets Authority 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.

UK Export Finance (UKEF) expenditure on consultants is published in the Annual Report and Accounts at the following location (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-export-finance-annual-reports-and-accounts). Of this expenditure, £679,629 related to the preparation of funding bids to HM Treasury.

The Trade Remedies Authority has not incurred any consultancy expenditure since its creation on 01 June 2021.

The former Department for International Trade (DIT) expenditure on consultants is published in the Annual Report and Accounts at the following location (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-for-international-trade-annual-report-and-accounts). None of this expenditure related to the preparation of funding bids.

The Competition and Markets Authority expenditure on consultants is published in Annual Report and Accounts at the following location (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cma-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021). None of this expenditure related to the preparation of funding bids.