Question to the Department for Business and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March to Question 158843 on Question for Department for Business and Trade, how much of the (a) £897,000, (b) £5,782,000 and (c) £380,000 spent on consultancy in the respective financial years 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 by the Department for International Trade was attributable to spending by UK Defence and Security Exports.

UK Defence and Security Exports expenditure on consultancy is as follows:

• 2019/20: £20,000
• 2020/21: £16,538
• 2021/22: £252,500