Will Quince corrected a written answer on Consultants: Expenditure
Emily Thornberry (Labour, Islington South and Finsbury) asked written question 158842 on 6 March 2023. Will Quince answered on 30 March 2023 for the Department of Health and Social Care, and Will Quince corrected the answer on 4 April 2023. The corrected text adds the figures 0.3, 0.8, 6.4, which the original did not give. Altogether 9 words differ between the two versions.
The question
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.
Original and corrected answer
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| Suggested reply 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. Organisation | Expenditure on consultancy (£ million) 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) | | | UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) | Not applicable | Not applicable | 10.0 NHS England - Group | 45.8 | 51.6 | 75.8 NHS Digital | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 Note: The definition for consultancy is in line with HM Treasury Guidance 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. UKHSA was formed in April 2021 and became fully operational in October 2021. Source: UK Health Security Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22. 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). NHS Digital Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22. | Suggested reply 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. Organisation | Expenditure on consultancy (£ million) 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) | 0.3 | 0.8 | 6.4 UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) | Not applicable | Not applicable | 10.0 NHS England - Group | 45.8 | 51.6 | 75.8 NHS Digital | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.3 Note: The definition for consultancy is in line with HM Treasury Guidance 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. UKHSA was formed in April 2021 and became fully operational in October 2021. Source: UK Health Security Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2021/22. 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). NHS Digital Annual Report and Accounts 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22. |
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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