Written question asked by John Healey (Labour) on Tuesday, 5 December 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 11 December 2023 (named day). It was answered by James Cartlidge (Conservative) on Monday, 11 December 2023 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence: Consultants

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2023 to Question 4342 on Ministry of Defence: Consultants and Temporary Employment, how much and what proportion of expenditure on consultancy by his Department's Head Office in 2022-23 was on (a) strategy, (b) finance, (c) legal, (d) HR and training, (e) organisation and change management, (f) marketing and communications, (g) programme and project management, (h) technical, (i) IT/IS, (j) property and (k) procurement services, (l) other bodies and (m) unknown.

Answer

The following provides the category breakdown requested of Consultancy expenditure for the Department's Head Office during 2022-23:

Category	£million
Finance Consultancy	0.235
Project and Programme Management (PPM)	2.549
Information Technology/Systems	0.384
Strategy	11.047
HR, Training and Education	0.167
Technical	1.601
Organisation and Change Management	0.083
Total	16.066

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 5153
Session: 2023-24
Related items: Ministry of Defence: Consultants and Temporary Employment
Monday, 4 December 2023
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Consultants Expenditure Ministry of Defence
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk