Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department spent on consultancy fees in the last five years.
The Department has spent the following amount on consultancy services in the past 5 financial years. Values include VAT that is non-recoverable, whilst VAT that is recoverable has been deducted accordingly. The values for FY21/22 are subject to change following audit and the final value will be published in the DCMS Annual Report and Accounts FY21/22.
| FY17/18 | FY18/19 | FY19/20 | FY20/21 | FY21/22* |
Consultancy | £2,700,000.00 | £3,300,000.00 | £3,900,000.00 | £16,600,000.00 | £17,512,000.00 |