Serious Fraud Office: Consultants
(asked on 20th July 2022) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, how much the Serious Fraud Office 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.
The spend on externally contracted consultancy services for the Serious Fraud Office in each of the last five years is shown in the table below.
2020/21 | 2019/20 | 2018/19 | 2017/18 | 2016/17 |
£95,000 | £42,000 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
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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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