Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much funding the Government has allocated to consultancy firms to support preparations for the UK leaving the EU.

The Government allocates funds to departments and programmes to deliver their individual policies. It is for departments to decide how their funds are spent.

However, the Cabinet Office operates arrangements to help Departments access consultancy support for critical work on preparations for Brexit.

The arrangements deliver value for money through significant procurement and contract management savings, clarifying customer requirements and proposed solutions, and by reducing procurement lead times. Departments are able to engage consultants outside these arrangements but this information is not collated centrally.

Records of central Government contracts above £10,000 and information on how they are awarded are published on Contracts Finder: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search