Consultants
International Development
Gareth Thomas (Harrow West, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on external consultants, including management consultants, in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
Alan Duncan (Minister of State, International Development; Rutland and Melton, Conservative)
DFID
expenditure on consultancy (as defined by central Government) in the
financial years 2010-11 and 2011-12 are provided in the following table:
| Spend (£) | |
| 2010-11 | 1,406,000 |
| 2011-12 | 675,000 |
Consultancy spend continues to reduce following the introduction of tight controls on the use of consultancy in May 2010.
