Crown Prosecution Service: Consultants

(asked on 20th July 2022) - View Source
Questioner
Kenny MacAskill Portrait
Kenny MacAskill
(Alba Party - East Lothian)

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how much the Crown Prosecution Service has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if she will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they were consulted.

Answered by
Michael Tomlinson Portrait
Michael Tomlinson
This question was answered on 22nd September 2022

The spend on externally contracted consultancy services for CPS in each of the last five years, as recorded in the CPS’ published accounts, is shown in the table below:

2020/21

2019/21

2018/19

2017/18

2016/17

£219,000

£64,000

£0

£0

£0

Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are in the public domain and published on Contracts Finder. Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and Arm’s Length Bodies are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK.

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