Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) clinical commissioning groups, (b) commission support units and (c) NHS England spent on consultancy services in 2014-15.
Operating expenses, including expenditure on consultancy services, can be found in NHS England’s 2014/15 annual report:
http://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/nhse-annual-report-2014-15.pdf
NHS England is currently taking steps to minimise its spending on consultancy services. New rules introduced in June require Trusts and Foundation Trusts to seek approval for any consultancy contracts over £50,000.