Government Departments: Communication and Public Consultation

Cabinet Office written question – answered at on 9 September 2024.

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Photo of Charlie Dewhirst Charlie Dewhirst Conservative, Bridlington and The Wolds

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 9 of HM Treasury's document entitled Fixing the foundations: Public spending audit 2024-25, published on 29 July 2024, what the estimated cost was of government (a) consultancy and (b) communications in 2022-23; and what the primary sources of each data source are.

Photo of Georgia Gould Georgia Gould The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office

Departments set out their spend on consultants in their Annual Reports and Accounts (ARAs).

Details of all communications activity expenditure for departments is not held centrally.

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