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<p>The Department has spent the following amount on external consultancy services
in the past 5 financial years. Values include VAT that is non-recoverable, whilst
VAT that is recoverable has been deducted accordingly. The values for FY21/22 are
subject to change following audit and the final value will be published in the DCMS
Annual Report and Accounts FY21/22.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>FY17/18</p></td><td><p>FY18/19</p></td><td><p>FY19/20</p></td><td><p>FY20/21</p></td><td><p>FY21/22*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Consultancy</p></td><td><p>£2,700,000.00</p></td><td><p>£3,300,000.00</p></td><td><p>£3,900,000.00</p></td><td><p>£16,600,000.00</p></td><td><p>£17,512,000.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><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&data=05%7C01%7Cemmy.clarkson%40dhsc.gov.uk%7C332dd3e59a5f4b1b1e5308da6b104a3e%7C61278c3091a84c318c1fef4de8973a1c%7C1%7C0%7C637940014946084226%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EHT%2Bj9EH86g04c73Xn7YYL0Qyi3Lc4Dm8J%2F8B8YuCNE%3D&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
Arms Length Bodies 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>All Government
Departments and their individual ALBs and agencies are required to follow the Public
Contracts Regulations 2015 in awarding contracts.</p>
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