Ministerial Spend on Outside Consultants

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Ministerial Department Spend Report (2)

Government spending on external consultants is a hot topic in public procurement.

In this analysis from 2020, we harnessed our market intelligence platform to analyse how much government departments are spending with eight major consulting firms: Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG, PA Consulting, McKinsey, BCG and Bain.

We found that:

  • Gov't departments spent nearly £500mn with the top 8 consultancy firms in FY 19/20
  • The Home Office has seen the largest jump in consultancy spending
  • Deloitte was the highest-earning firm in FY 19/20

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Ministerial spend on consultancy, revealed

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