Departmental Consultants
Justice

Andy Slaughter (Hammersmith, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each month since May 2010.

Kenneth Clarke (Lord Chancellor, Secretary of State, Justice; Rushcliffe, Conservative)
The Ministry of Justice has spent the following on external consultants since May 2010:
| Spend ( net) (£) | |
| May 2010 | 1,888,433 |
| June 2010 | 3,523,312 |
| July 2010 | 2,421,828 |
| August 2010 | 2,393,316 |
| September 2010 | 2,111,881 |
| October 2010 | 3,754,105 |
| November 2010 | 1,533,988 |
| December 2010 | 1,966,613 |
| January 2011 | 1,746,524 |
| February 2011 | 1,647,381 |
| March 2011 | 2,399,586 |
| April 2011 | 3,757,813 |
| May 2011 | 1,283,862 |
| June 2011 | 2,755,656 |
| July 2011 | 2,929,399 |
| August 2011 | 2,197,902 |
| September 2011 | 2,362,592 |
| October 2011 | 1,435,206 |
| November 2011 | 1,197,102 |
| Note: Data are only available up until November 2011. | |
