Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how much his Department 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.

All Department’s consultancy costs including details of the provider are published on gov.uk here. Further transactions will be published during 2022.

The information requested on the specific matters consulted is not held centrally and can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.