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<p> </p><p>The table below sets out the ten consultancy firms that were paid the most
by my Department in the last financial year</p><p>The data complies with definitions
on Consultancy laid down by the Cabinet Office which excludes agency staff and interim
(contingent) labour.</p><p><strong>Financial Year 2013-14</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Total
Expenditure (excluding VAT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Partnership LLP*</p></td><td><p>£150,918</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PricewaterhouseCoopers</p></td><td><p>£108,516</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ove
Arup & Partners</p></td><td><p>£66,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amec Environment
& Infrastructure</p></td><td><p>£62,509</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ernest & Young
LLP</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capgemini UK Plc</p></td><td><p>£17,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grant
Thornton UK LLP</p></td><td><p>£8,815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Giant Professional Limited</p></td><td><p>£6,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakleigh
Consulting Ltd</p></td><td><p>£4,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land Use Consultants</p></td><td><p>£1,345</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*
Local Partnerships is a company that is jointly owned by HM Treasury and the Local
Government Association; it provides commercial expertise on matters of infrastructure,
legal and contractual complexity and acts for the benefit of the public sector.</p><p>My
Department has cut spending on consultancy from £36.6 million in 2009-10 to £0.5 million
in 2013-14. This represents a saving of £36.1 million a year (2013-14 compared to
2009-10) and has been achieved through contract renegotiations, terminations and adherence
to Cabinet Office controls on consultancy spending.</p><p>To put this in context,
based on current estimates (which reflect accounting consequences from machinery of
government changes) the DCLG Group is reducing its annual running costs by around
40% in real terms between 2010-11 and 2014-15. This equates to net savings of at least
£532 million over this spending review period and includes savings of around £420
million from the closure of the Government Offices for the Regions.</p><p> </p>
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