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<p>Our tough spending controls have helped ensure substantial reductions in central
Government spend on consultancy. Our 2013/14 spend was £316 million - an astonishing
74% reduction on spend in 2009/10 in the last year of the previous Government.</p><p>Since
the 2010 General Election, all use of contractors, consultants and temporary interims
in my department has to go through an internal Cabinet Office approvals process which
also scrutinises material cost changes to existing contracts. This was not the case
under previous administrations.</p><p>As part of this Government's transparency programme,
we publish spend data over £25,000 and contracts over £10,000 on Gov.uk and Contracts
Finder.</p><p>Suppliers are required to submit a fixed fee for work and a breakdown
of total costs to ensure that day rates and number of days are transparent and reasonable.
Changes to requirements are agreed via a formal contract variation.</p><p> </p>
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