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1491367

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) name of each consultancy contracted and (c) specific matters on which they were consulted.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	42212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Spend on consultancy services for the Northern Ireland Office in each of the last five years is shown below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019-20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018-19</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017-18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£901,663</p></td><td><p>£1,017,816</p></td><td><p>£ 1,544,240</p></td><td><p>£1,432,132</p></td><td><p>£858,431</p></td></tr></tbody></table><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 Contracts Finder. 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 are required to publish all spend against individual suppliers above £25,000 on GOV.UK.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 05/09/2022 08:41:44 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1487857

registered interest
date	11/07/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, 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	33711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office spent the following on consultancy fees:</p><p>(a) <strong>2020:</strong> £745,278</p><p>(b) <strong>2021:</strong> £787,452</p><p>(c) <strong>January-May 2022:</strong> £794,190</p><p>In relation to naming consultancies, in accordance with this Government’s transparency requirements, I have listed only those suppliers with payments of £25,000 or above, as to name others could potentially breach their data protection rights or have an adverse effect on their commercial activity:</p><p>Active Communities Network LTD</p><p>AV Browne Advertising LTD</p><p>Cabinet Office</p><p>Cinemagic LTD</p><p>Co-Operation Ireland</p><p>Department of Finance</p><p>Education Authority</p><p>Epam Systems LTD</p><p>Government Estates Management</p><p>Groundwork Northern Ireland</p><p>Holywell Trust</p><p>Ipsos Mori</p><p>Ministry of Defence</p><p>Ministry of Justice</p><p>North West Cultural Partnership</p><p>Passionist Peace &amp; Reconciliation Office</p><p>Playhouse the NW Play Resource Centre</p><p>Youth Action NI</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 19/07/2022 09:42:33 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1484791

registered interest
date	29/06/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	27706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave on 27 June 2022 (UIN 23420) to the hon Member for North East Fife.</p><p> </p><p>Since this answer was provided, we have published our 2021-22 Annual Report and Accounts. The amount spent on consultancy for 2021-22 was £304,400.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 07/07/2022 13:52:19 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1472509

registered interest
date	22/06/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much his Department spent on external consultants in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Wendy Chamberlain
uin	23420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2022 answer text <p>The amount spent on consultants for the last five years by the Northern Ireland Office is set out in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts:</p><p> </p><p><strong>2017-18</strong> - £79,600</p><p><strong>2018-19</strong> - £640,800</p><p><strong>2019-20</strong> - £845,600</p><p><strong>2020-21</strong> - £270,500</p><p> </p><p>The amount for 2021-22 will be included in the Department’s forthcoming Annual Report and Accounts.</p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 27/06/2022 13:15:16 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	4765 label Biography information for Wendy Chamberlain

1401766

registered interest
date	11/01/2022
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether his Department has held (a) any financial or consultancy contracts and (b) meetings with representatives of (i) Clifford Chance LLP, (ii) FTI Consulting and (iii) Fenchurch Advisory Partners in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	101602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The Northern Ireland Office has not held any financial or consultancy contracts with the suppliers listed in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bournemouth West answering member printed Conor Burns question first answered 24/01/2022 16:09:09 answering member 3922 label Biography information for Sir Conor Burns
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1107758

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many consultants her department has hired since 2016; and what cost to the public purse has been of such consultants.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	238648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the number of consultants hired in any one year as this work is often commissioned as part of an outcomes based contract to ensure value for money.</p><p>The amount spent on consultants each year since 2016 is:</p><p><strong>2016-17</strong> - £ 5,000</p><p><strong>2017-18</strong> - £ 79,600</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Weston-super-Mare answering member printed John Penrose question first answered 03/04/2019 12:20:11 answering member 1584 label Biography information for John Penrose
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

760743

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Northern Ireland Office
answering dept id	21
answering dept short name	Northern Ireland
answering dept sort name	Northern Ireland
hansard heading	Northern Ireland Office: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 7938, on Northern Ireland Office: consultants, to who and for what work the daily rate contracts were awarded; to who the other contract referred to in that Answer was awarded; what payment system was used for that other contract; and what work that other contract involved.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	105190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/10/2017 answer text <p>Pursuant to my previous answer to question 7938, I can confirm that the two daily rate contracts were awarded to Mercator IT Solutions for specialist independent services to assist in the introduction of a new IT platform, and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) for specialist independent services to assist in improving financial management processes. The final contract referred to in that answer was awarded to Murcom on an hourly rate basis for specialist independent services to assist with the introduction of a new records management system.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 10/10/2017 14:30:12 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett