Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.

Since January 2011, central government departments have been required to publish on Contracts Finder information on the contracts they award (www.contractsfinder.businesslink.gov.uk/).

In addition, departments publish details of spend in excess of £25,000 at www.gov.uk/government/collections/25000-spend .