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date less than 2023-03-06more like thismore than 2023-03-06
answering body
Department of Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept id 17 more like this
answering dept short name Health and Social Care more like this
answering dept sort name Health and Social Care more like this
hansard heading Consultants: Expenditure remove filter
house id 1 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the cost to the public purse was of spending on external consultants by (a) the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, (b) the UK Health Security Agency, (c) NHS England, and (d) NHS Digital in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022; and whether any of that spending related to the preparation of funding bids to (A) his Department and (B) HM Treasury. more like this
tabling member constituency Islington South and Finsbury more like this
tabling member printed
Emily Thornberry remove filter
uin 158842 more like this
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is ministerial correction true more like this
date of answer less than 2023-03-30more like thismore than 2023-03-30
answer text <p><strong>Suggested reply</strong></p><p>The following table shows the expenditure on consultancy on external consultants in the financial years 2019/20 to 2021/22. Expenditure values for 2022/23 are not yet available. The Department does not hold the detail behind the expenditure.</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Organisation</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Expenditure on consultancy (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>2021/22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Not available</del> <ins class="ministerial">0.3</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Not available</del> <ins class="ministerial">0.8</ins></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Not available</del> <ins class="ministerial">6.4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td><td><p>Not applicable</p></td><td><p>10.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS England - Group</p></td><td><p>45.8</p></td><td><p>51.6</p></td><td><p>75.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Digital</p></td><td><p>1.4</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td><td><p>0.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Note:</p><ol><li>The definition for consultancy is in line with HM Treasury Guidance</li><li>The Office for National Statistics re-categorised MHRA as falling within the Departmental Group from April 2022. In years 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22 this body was not incorporated into the Department’s accounting boundary and, therefore, the Department does not hold requested data.</li><li>UKHSA was formed in April 2021 and became fully operational in October 2021.</li></ol><p>Source:</p><p>UK Health Security Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22.</p><p>NHS Commissioning Board Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22. Expenditure for the NHSE Group including Commissioning Support Units and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).</p><p>NHS Digital Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22.</p>
answering member constituency Colchester more like this
answering member printed Will Quince more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-03-30T14:37:21.307Zmore like thismore than 2023-03-30T14:37:21.307Z
question first ministerially corrected
less than 2023-04-04T11:16:39.12Zmore like thismore than 2023-04-04T11:16:39.12Z
answering member
4423
label Biography information for Will Quince more like this
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answering member constituency Colchester more like this
answering member printed Will Quince more like this
answering member
4423
label Biography information for Will Quince more like this
tabling member
1536
label Biography information for Emily Thornberry more like this