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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>

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FY17/18<\/p><\/td>

FY18/19<\/p><\/td>

FY19/20<\/p><\/td>

FY20/21<\/p><\/td>

FY21/22*<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

Consultancy<\/p><\/td>

£2,700,000.00<\/p><\/td>

£3,300,000.00<\/p><\/td>

£3,900,000.00<\/p><\/td>

£16,600,000.00<\/p><\/td>

£17,512,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Details of all Government contracts awarded from 2016 above £10,000 and £25,000 in the wider public sector are published on 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 GOV.UK<\/a>.<\/p>

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