Question to the Leader of the House:

To ask the Leader of the House of Commons, how much the Office of the Leader of the House of Lords has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he 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 Office of the Leader of the House of Lords has not incurred external consultancy costs in any of the last five financial years.