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<p>The 10 professional services firms that were paid the most in 2013/14 are listed
in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Supplier Name</p></td><td><p>Total
paid in 2013-14 (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>KPMG LLP</p></td><td><p>1,934,209.35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pinsent
Masons</p></td><td><p>950,789.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Partnerships</p></td><td><p>429,919.24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grant
Thornton UK LLP</p></td><td><p>401,867.88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regeneris Consulting
Ltd</p></td><td><p>75,187.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Andrew Dumbreck Media Limited</p></td><td><p>62,165.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National
Centre for Social Research</p></td><td><p>70,732.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Deloitte
(LLP No 2 a/c)</p></td><td><p>49,480.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CLAS Co-operative
Ltd</p></td><td><p>29,820.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SQW Limited</p></td><td><p>29,413.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>These are unaudited figures from the Department's financials systems, net of
recoverable VAT. The department uses professional services firms for a variety of
purposes. In addition to consultancy services, they include expenditure on external
legal support and advice on programmes, research fieldwork, evaluation, specialist
technical advice and the provision of interim managers. Legal services from the Treasury
Solicitors and providers of recruitment services have been excluded in order to arrive
at a list of firms that are predominantly providers of consultancy.</p><p> </p>
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