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1491394

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of (a) the amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) the name of each consultancy contracted, (c) the specific matters on which they were consulted and (d) whether each contract was subject to usual Government procurement rules.
	tabling member constituency	Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	tabling member printed	Neale Hanvey
	uin	42244
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The department’s spend on consultancy is published each year in the Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>2020-21</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021</a> (page 100)</p><p> </p><p>2019-20</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020</a> (page 87)</p><p> </p><p>2018-19</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019</a> (page 64)</p><p> </p><p>2017-18</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018</a> (page 51)</p><p> </p><p>2016-17</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2016-to-2017</a> (page 42)</p><p> </p><p>The breakdown of this expenditure could only be provided by incurring disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p>Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fcontracts-finder&amp;data=05%7C01%7Cemmy.clarkson%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C332dd3e59a5f4b1b1e5308da6b104a3e%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C637940014946084226%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=EHT%2Bj9EH86g04c73Xn7YYL0Qyi3Lc4Dm8J%2F8B8YuCNE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">Contracts Finder</a>. Each award notice provides information on the name of the supplier, value of the contract, its purpose and information on the type of awarding procedure used. Government departments, their individual agencies and Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs) are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on <a href="http://gov.uk/" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p><p> </p><p>All Government departments and their individual ALBs and agencies are required to follow the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 05/09/2022 13:03:44 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4782 label Biography information for Neale Hanvey

1487825

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 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.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	33695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/08/2022 answer text <p>The provisional consultancy spend for 2021-22 is £26.970m for the Core Department and Agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The department’s spend on consultancy is published each year in the Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>2020-21</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021</a> (page 100)</p><p> </p><p>2019-20</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020</a> (page 87)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The names of consultancies contracted are listed below</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>A LUCK ASSOCIATES</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Actica Consulting Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aether Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ALCHEMMY CONSULTING LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alexander Mann Solutions LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amber Employment Services Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amec Foster Wheeler</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ARCADIS CONSULTING UK LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arpexas (Scotland) Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bankserve</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beamans Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Biopharma Consulting (BPC)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BLUE BORDER LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broadhead Global Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Solutions Limited</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change Associates Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commercial Consultancy Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Costain Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CURRIE and BROWN UK LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daisy Communications Limited</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deloitte LLP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dirac Delta Solutions Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dr Gabriele Hesselbein</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dr Marion Simmons</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dr Vanessa Carn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DTA ECOLOGY LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EBC CONSULTING LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ENGINEERING SAFETY CONSULTANTS LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eric Crutcher</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ernst &amp; Young LLP (EY)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FINYX CONSULTING LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FIRST RESPONSE TRAINING and CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Frontier Economics Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>G2 Recruitment Solutions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Government Legal Department</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Management Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ingentium Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>IVDEOLOGY LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>J Weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JACOBS UK LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>John Points</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jones P Consulting Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>JSA Services Ltd t/a Workwell</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Julie Gibson</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Keep IT Simple</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KLIFOVET AG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KPMG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KPMG Safi Al Mutawa &amp; Partners</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>L T S INTERNATIONAL LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Learning Light</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Partnerships LLP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lockhart-Garratt</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Louisa Wood</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LSSC Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M Botony</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Management and Risk Solutions Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MCKINSEY &amp; CO INC UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Met Office</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Methods Business Digital Technology</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>METHODS CONSULTING LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mo Gannon &amp; Associates Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Modality Systems Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morgan Langley</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Network Rail</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nibiru Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PA CONSULTING SERVICES LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Park Health &amp; Safety Partnership LLP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Perfect Circle JV Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Philippe Sabot Consultant (PSC)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PJM-HS CONSULTING LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PKM Digital Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Proxima</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PUBLIC DIGITAL LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RADMAN ASSOCIATES LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rare Little Beastie Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RBS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>REED</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>REQUIRED EXPERIENCE LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richard Parker</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RSK GROUP PLC</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seed Science</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SGS UK Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Silversands Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stentiford, Grant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP UK LLP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Neoteric Tech Company Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Research Box Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Triple G Consulting Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Of Liverpool</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VETERINARY VACCINES CONS LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whiteball Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WILLS TOWERS WATSON LTD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WRAP</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>WSP GLOBAL</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 01/08/2022 08:55:28 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1472238

	registered interest
	date	21/06/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North East Fife
	tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
	uin	22553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/06/2022 answer text <p>The provisional consultancy spend for 2021-22 is £26.970m for the Core Department and Agencies.</p><p> </p><p>The department’s spend on consultancy is published each year in the Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p>2020-21</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2020-to-2021</a> (page 100)</p><p> </p><p>2019-20</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2019-to-2020</a> (page 87)</p><p> </p><p>2018-19</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2018-to-2019</a> (page 64)</p><p> </p><p>2017-18</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/defras-annual-report-and-accounts-2017-to-2018</a> (page 51)</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 29/06/2022 14:14:39 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1401338

	registered interest
	date	10/01/2022
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has had any (a) financial contract and (b) meetings with (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI Consulting and (iii) Fenchurch Advisory Partners in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	100406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2022 answer text <p>Defra has not identified any records of any financial contracts with Clifford Chance LLP, FTI Consulting or Fenchurch Advisory Partners within the last five years.</p><p><br> Details of ministerial meetings are published quarterly and can be found on <a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgov.uk%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Ccorporatepqs%40defra.gov.uk%7C6bb614116433470867e608d9d5af9a3b%7C770a245002274c6290c74e38537f1102%7C0%7C0%7C637775772474606055%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&amp;sdata=yWG0WxjxPZGsM860Vblu065FYqPVTCKeeOdeyzBkWRo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a>.</p> answering member constituency Banbury answering member printed Victoria Prentis question first answered 18/01/2022 17:27:46 answering member 4401 label Biography information for Victoria Prentis
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1058842

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value of contracts held by his Department with (a) Deloitte, (b) Slaughter and May and (c) Mott MacDonald is in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	219289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Details of central Government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 18/02/2019 12:34:47 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

756500

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of consultancy assignments procured by his Department are paid at a daily rate.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	7930
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2017 16:52:35 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

573657

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many times her Department has used the services of (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years; and what (i) work was undertaken and (ii) the cost to the public purse was on each such occasion.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
	uin	44349
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The attached information shows contracts for consultancy, by company, in the years 2013 – 2016, lists the description of work carried out for Defra and the contractually committed spend by contract.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 12/09/2016 17:35:11 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice attachment 1 file name PQ 44349 - use of consultancy .pdf title PQ44349 - use of consultancy
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

573661

	registered interest
	date	02/09/2016
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will publish a list of all secondees to her Department from (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years; and what the role was of each of those secondees.
	tabling member constituency	Barking
	tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
	uin	44329
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has had no secondees from PwC, Deloitte, Ernst &amp; Young, KPMG or any other consultancy firm in the last three financial years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 08/09/2016 14:11:43 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

455315

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many consultants' contracts were terminated early in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and what the cost of each such termination was in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester South
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
	uin	28656
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2016 answer text <p>No consultants’ contracts were terminated early in each of the last six years.</p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 02/03/2016 12:04:21 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

417271

	registered interest
	date	07/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept id	13
	answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
	hansard heading	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Consultants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what policy evaluations have been carried out by external organisations for her Department and its agencies in each financial year since 2010-11; whether the output of those evaluations was published; which organisation carried out each such evaluation; and what the value of each contract to provide that evaluation was.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
	uin	9249
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>Defra’s ‘Science and Research Projects’ website contains information on Defra-funded research projects, including Defra policy evaluations. This data includes the year the project took place; the organisation that carried out the research; the value of the contract; and any published reports. The database can be accessed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/about/research" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs/about/research</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Camborne and Redruth answering member printed George Eustice question first answered 15/09/2015 15:23:37 answering member 3934 label Biography information for George Eustice
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna