{"value":{"id":1487828,"askingMemberId":410,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2022-07-11T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2022-07-13T00:00:00","uin":"33697","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.","answeringBodyId":211,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":false,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4635,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2022-07-19T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>Figures for consultancy spend are included each year in the Department's annual report. The corresponding figure for FY2021-22 is expected to be published by the end of July 2022.</p><p>Details of contracts awarded valued at £10,000 (inc VAT) or more are published on: <a href=\"https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fcontracts-finder&data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C4cf9eef4822348c0b7b908da699eb283%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637938427553855697%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=oDnft2QculT5ClF%2Fi%2BoJLoSykX5ZW9EVVFxuPXegQ3A%3D&reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a>.</p><p>Information on our spending, including consultancy, is published regularly as part of our transparency information: <a href=\"https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fdluhc-spending-over-250-march-2022&data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C4cf9eef4822348c0b7b908da699eb283%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637938427553855697%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=0eiDX4VA6grzwtUI8V4F1S9IQYECQ6Ma2jyjwag1ya8%3D&reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-spending-over-250-march-2022</a>.</p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Consultants","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1487828","method":"GET"}]}