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<p>The Ministry of Justice makes use of management consultants to advise on resolutions
to complex and challenging problems. To ensure value for money is secured from the
engagement of management consultants, the Ministry’s commercial policy is to put new
requirements out to competition.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice total spend on external
management consultants in the relevant period is set out in Table 1 below:</p><p><strong>Table
1</strong></p><p><strong>Consultancy Spend by Financial Year & Business Area,
£000s</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MoJ
HQ</p></td><td><p>4,934</p></td><td><p>6,520</p></td><td><p>5,293</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Her
Majesty's Prison & Probation Service</p></td><td><p>2,942</p></td><td><p>5,046</p></td><td><p>4,935</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Her
Majesty's Courts & Tribunals Service</p></td><td><p>5,782</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office
of the Public Guardian</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal
Aid Agency</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total
MoJ</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,658</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,045</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,403</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The
10 work areas with the greatest expenditure on external management consultancy for
each of those financial years are as set out in Table 2 below:</p><p><strong>Table
2</strong></p><p><strong>Consultancy Spend by Financial Year & Projects/Work Areas,
£000s</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2019/20</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p>HMCTS
Reform Programme</p></td><td><p>5,806</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ
Commercial and Contract Management</p></td><td><p>3,229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS
- Community Interventions</p></td><td><p>1,305</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ
People Group</p></td><td><p>695</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS
- Prisons</p></td><td><p>654</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS
- Probation</p></td><td><p>524</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ
Property</p></td><td><p>509</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS
- Prison Supply</p></td><td><p>227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p>Directorate
of Judicial Offices</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS
- Youth Custody Service</p></td><td><p>173</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2020/21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS
- Prison Supply</p></td><td><p>2,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS
- Reducing Reoffending</p></td><td><p>1,979</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ
Commercial and Contract Management</p></td><td><p>1,913</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ
Property</p></td><td><p>1,463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ
Digitech</p></td><td><p>1,326</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ
People Group</p></td><td><p>789</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ
Security, Privacy and Live Service</p></td><td><p>723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS
- Strategy, Planning & Performance</p></td><td><p>474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS
- Prisons</p></td><td><p>438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p>HMCTS
- Business Resilience</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2021/22</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ
Digitech</p></td><td><p>2,957</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS
- Prisons</p></td><td><p>2,485</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>3</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS
- Prison Supply</p></td><td><p>2,465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>4</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ
People Group</p></td><td><p>507</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>5</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ
Data & Analytical Services</p></td><td><p>495</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>6</strong></p></td><td><p>Directorate
of Judicial Offices</p></td><td><p>456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>7</strong></p></td><td><p>MoJ
Commercial and Contract Management</p></td><td><p>436</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>8</strong></p></td><td><p>HMCTS
- Common Platform Programme</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>9</strong></p></td><td><p>Judicial
Appointments Commission</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td><td><p>HMPPS
- Strategy, Planning & Performance</p></td><td><p>96</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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