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The Department\u2019s consultancy spend is published in BEIS Annual Reporting Accounts within \u2018Legal, professional and consultancy\u2019 costs and can be found in table 4.1 here<\/a>. A more detailed breakdown of consultancy costs can be found in the Accountability Report on page 82.<\/p> <\/p> Spend relating to financial year 2021-22 will be published later this year. BEIS Annual Report & Accounts are laid in Parliament once they have been certified by the Comptroller & Auditor General (C&AG).<\/p> <\/p> All consultancy costs with details of the provider are published on gov.uk here<\/a>. Further transactions will be published during 2022.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, 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.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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The listing for the £3.9m is set out below including £0.164m relating to corrections to the data.<\/p> Details of all third-party government contracts, including the Supplier, are published on Contracts Finder<\/a> above £10,000, for the core Department, and above £25,000, for the wider public sector.<\/p> 20-21 Consultancy Supplier Listings<\/strong><\/p> Supplier<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Amount<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 346 Consultancy Limited<\/p><\/td> 10,080.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Anthony William Catt<\/p><\/td> 1,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> ANUBHAV JAIN<\/p><\/td> 5,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Astarte Limited<\/p><\/td> 1,800.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bain & Company Inc UK<\/p><\/td> 906,100.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> BBC Accounts Receivable<\/p><\/td> 13,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> BDO LLP<\/p><\/td> 523,076.40<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Beckford Executives<\/p><\/td> 500.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Behavioural Insights Ltd<\/p><\/td> 9,570.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Brick Court Chambers<\/p><\/td> 5,250.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cabinet Office (Citi Tr)<\/p><\/td> 126,718.18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Climate Associates<\/p><\/td> 11,444.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Contemporary Visual Arts Network<\/p><\/td> 300.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Cornerstone Barristers<\/p><\/td> - 270.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Corporate Blue Consulting Ltd<\/p><\/td> 5,700.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> David Fogel<\/p><\/td> 1,500.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> DB Consulting Group Pty Ltd<\/p><\/td> 6,600.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Deloitte LLP<\/p><\/td> 2,512,566.80<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dentons UKMEA LLP<\/p><\/td> 660,208.30<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Department of Education<\/p><\/td> 50,400.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Digirep Nigeria Ltd<\/p><\/td> 12,384.25<\/p><\/td><\/tr> DLA Piper (Liverpool)<\/p><\/td> 330,557.49<\/p><\/td><\/tr> DLA Piper UK LLP (Leeds Office Only)<\/p><\/td> 201,473.12<\/p><\/td><\/tr> DLA Piper UK LLP (London Office Only)<\/p><\/td> 32,153.03<\/p><\/td><\/tr> DLA Piper UK LLP (Sheffield Office Only)<\/p><\/td> 146,966.20<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dona Haj Ltd<\/p><\/td> 8,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Economic Insight Limited<\/p><\/td> 42,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Enterprise Academy International Limited<\/p><\/td> 19,999.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ernst & Young (EY)<\/p><\/td> 2,499,356.70<\/p><\/td><\/tr> ETSI (European Telecommunications Standa<\/p><\/td> 123,880.66<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP<\/p><\/td> 111,293.03<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Faculty Science Limited<\/p><\/td> 294,500.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Faizal Asher Ismail<\/p><\/td> 2,500.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> FarrPoint Ltd<\/p><\/td> 10,212.50<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Foreign Commonwealth & Development Off<\/p><\/td> 5,443.09<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Frontier Economics Ltd<\/p><\/td> 221,719.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Fujitsu Services Ltd<\/p><\/td> 133,440.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Georgina Ella Harding Limited<\/p><\/td> 2,500.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Government Actuary Department<\/p><\/td> 41,451.17<\/p><\/td><\/tr> GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS HQ (GCHQ)<\/p><\/td> 23,851.78<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Government Legal Department<\/p><\/td> 17,673.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hazel Bees Consulting Ltd<\/p><\/td> 3,840.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Historic England<\/p><\/td> - 2,058.34<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Home Office<\/p><\/td> 166,725.19<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Infrastructure & Projects Authority<\/p><\/td> 13,880.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Intelligent Risks Limited<\/p><\/td> 6,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> International Association<\/p><\/td> 5,628.93<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Kantar UK Ltd<\/p><\/td> 23,902.20<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Knight Frank LLP<\/p><\/td> 45,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> KPMG LLP<\/p><\/td> 159,285.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lakesmith Consulting Ltd<\/p><\/td> 16,200.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Linklaters LLP<\/p><\/td> 136,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> lnclusion in Arts UK Ltd<\/p><\/td> 150.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Local Partnerships LLP<\/p><\/td> 505,031.88<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mace Ltd<\/p><\/td> 47,030.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Modern Art Oxford<\/p><\/td> 300.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mr Christopher Knight - 11KBW<\/p><\/td> 4,301.67<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mr George Peretz<\/p><\/td> 738.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mr K Latham<\/p><\/td> 4,999.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> NESTA<\/p><\/td> 26,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Oliver Wyman Ltd<\/p><\/td> 181,500.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> ON PURPOSE CAREERS LTD<\/p><\/td> 30,768.62<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PA CONSULTING GROUP<\/p><\/td> 35,700.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Pentara Consulting Services Ltd<\/p><\/td> 30,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Pinsent Masons LLP<\/p><\/td> 613,539.58<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Plum Consulting<\/p><\/td> 43,250.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS LLP<\/p><\/td> 3,327,797.80<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP<\/p><\/td> 2,619,488.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Quo Imus Ltd T/a QI Consulting<\/p><\/td> 40,800.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ryan Turner<\/p><\/td> - 733.50<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sarah McFadden<\/p><\/td> 2,305.20<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Savills<\/p><\/td> 4,677.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Scottish Contemporary Art Network - SCAN<\/p><\/td> 300.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service<\/p><\/td> 10,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Slaughter and May<\/p><\/td> 628,149.24<\/p><\/td><\/tr> SOCIAL JUSTICE COLLECTIVE LTD<\/p><\/td> 5,999.99<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Softcat Plc<\/p><\/td> 15,245.52<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Spark Ninety Limited<\/p><\/td> 45,330.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Stance Global Ltd<\/p><\/td> 35,412.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Tech Grow Limited<\/p><\/td> 2,500.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> The Indus Entrepreneurs Bangalore<\/p><\/td> 324.08<\/p><\/td><\/tr> The Royal Academy of Engineering<\/p><\/td> 3,100.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> THEM Design Ltd<\/p><\/td> 4,800.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> TLT LLP<\/p><\/td> 153,119.12<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Cambridge<\/p><\/td> 4,800.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Up Spring Ltd<\/p><\/td> 1,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> VAGW (Visual Arts Group Wales)<\/p><\/td> 300.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Veran Performance Ltd<\/p><\/td> 339,540.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Visual Arts South West<\/p><\/td> 150.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Webb Search Limited<\/p><\/td> 17,360.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> West Midlands Combined Authority<\/p><\/td> 36,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wysing Arts Charity<\/p><\/td> 300.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Yorkshire & Humber Visual Arts<\/p><\/td> 300.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Young Samuel Chambers (YSC) Ltd<\/p><\/td> 14,560.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> YunoJuno Ltd<\/p><\/td> 8,736.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> - 1,941,548.06<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grand Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 16,609,721.82<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> 19-20 Consultancy Supplier Listings<\/strong><\/p> Supplier<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Sum of Amount (Posted)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2T Security Ltd<\/p><\/td> 72,300.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 3 Reasons Ltd<\/p><\/td> 12,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Alistair Lindsay<\/p><\/td> 16,350.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Annell Howard / Monckton Chambers<\/p><\/td> - 20.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Anthony William Catt<\/p><\/td> 8,800.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Birmingham Organising Committee for the<\/p><\/td> 21,600.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Blackstone Chambers<\/p><\/td> 1,610.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bloom Procurement Services Ltd<\/p><\/td> 75,455.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP<\/p><\/td> 14,252.80<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Classical Numismatic Group LLC<\/p><\/td> 50.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Climate Associates<\/p><\/td> 10,760.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Curvestone Ltd<\/p><\/td> 2,796.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> David Fogel<\/p><\/td> 2,392.25<\/p><\/td><\/tr> David Miller<\/p><\/td> 150.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> DB Consulting Group Pty Ltd<\/p><\/td> 11,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Deloitte LLP<\/p><\/td> 667,438.40<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Digital Radio UK (DRUK)<\/p><\/td> 1,200.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> DLA Piper UK LLP (Leeds Office Only)<\/p><\/td> - 570.32<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Dona Haj Ltd<\/p><\/td> 12,682.50<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Enterprise Academy International Limited<\/p><\/td> 5,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> ETSI (European Telecommunications Standa<\/p><\/td> 127,406.10<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Faculty Science Limited<\/p><\/td> 281,400.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Farrer & Co LLP<\/p><\/td> 3,882.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> FarrPoint Ltd<\/p><\/td> 5,700.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Film London<\/p><\/td> 19,900.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Foreign Commonwealth & Development Off<\/p><\/td> 73,783.14<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Frontier Economics Ltd<\/p><\/td> 99,325.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Global Partners Digital Ltd<\/p><\/td> 4,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> GOVERNMENT COMMUNICATIONS HQ (GCHQ)<\/p><\/td> 100,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Government Legal Department<\/p><\/td> 3,347.50<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Gowling WLG (UK) LLP<\/p><\/td> 10,628.18<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hazel Bees Consulting Ltd<\/p><\/td> 26,880.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Historic England<\/p><\/td> 4,935.47<\/p><\/td><\/tr> HM Courts & Tribunals Service<\/p><\/td> 113,850.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> HMRC (VAT payments)<\/p><\/td> 9,200.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Hogan Lovells International LLP<\/p><\/td> 99,725.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Home Office (Citi Trf)<\/p><\/td> 50,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> ICF CONSULTING SERVICES<\/p><\/td> 11,268.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Infrastructure & Projects Authority<\/p><\/td> 24,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ion Industries Ltd<\/p><\/td> 900.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ipsos (Market Research) Ltd<\/p><\/td> 94,898.53<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Joanna van der Lande<\/p><\/td> 273.10<\/p><\/td><\/tr> KPMG LLP<\/p><\/td> 198,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Lakesmith Consulting Ltd<\/p><\/td> 65,233.35<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Martin Beisly Fine Art Ltd<\/p><\/td> 791.44<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mass Inspire Limited<\/p><\/td> 5,180.49<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Matassa Toffolo Ltd<\/p><\/td> - 926.50<\/p><\/td><\/tr> MHR International UK Ltd<\/p><\/td> 2,595.04<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ministry of Defence<\/p><\/td> 1,153.12<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Miss Laura Smith<\/p><\/td> 50.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> MKF Holdings Ltd t/a China Policy<\/p><\/td> 62,750.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Moorhouse Consulting Ltd<\/p><\/td> 25,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Morton & Eden Ltd<\/p><\/td> 50.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mott MacDonald Ltd<\/p><\/td> - 0.50<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Mr George Peretz<\/p><\/td> 720.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> My CSP LTD<\/p><\/td> 12,464.40<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ovum t/a Informa Telecoms & Media Ltd<\/p><\/td> 21,060.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PA CONSULTING GROUP<\/p><\/td> 135,600.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Pinsent Masons LLP<\/p><\/td> 680,143.56<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS LLP<\/p><\/td> 119,232.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> QinetiQ Limited<\/p><\/td> - 16,632.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Quo Imus Ltd T/a QI Consulting<\/p><\/td> 19,200.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Rochelais Limited T/a True & North<\/p><\/td> 1,080.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ryan Turner<\/p><\/td> 5,262.50<\/p><\/td><\/tr> SALESFORCE COM EMEA LTD<\/p><\/td> 2,311.51<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sally Osman<\/p><\/td> 10,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Savills<\/p><\/td> 187,698.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Social Innovation Camp Ltd<\/p><\/td> 3,840.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sotheby's<\/p><\/td> 150.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Stance<\/p><\/td> 5,184.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Stance Global Ltd<\/p><\/td> 27,648.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Sundry Supplier - Non Staff Expenses<\/p><\/td> 832.73<\/p><\/td><\/tr> The Indus Entrepreneurs Bangalore<\/p><\/td> 2,370.63<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Thomas Upchurch<\/p><\/td> 4,999.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> University of Cambridge<\/p><\/td> 4,500.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Up Spring Ltd<\/p><\/td> 5,000.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Venia Consulting Limited<\/p><\/td> - 1,281.60<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Who Targets Me Ltd<\/p><\/td> 1,500.00<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Xansium Consulting Ltd<\/p><\/td> 5,998.80<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> 164,624.96<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grand Total<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 3,863,931.58<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how much her Department has spent on consultancy fees in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022; and what the name is of each consultancy contracted.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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