Speeches

Chris Leslie – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Culture Media and Sport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Chris Leslie on 2014-04-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by her Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.

Mrs Helen Grant

The 10 professional services firms that were paid the most in 2013/14 are listed in the table below:

Supplier Name

Total paid in 2013-14 (£)

KPMG LLP

1,934,209.35

Pinsent Masons

950,789.80

Local Partnerships

429,919.24

Grant Thornton UK LLP

401,867.88

Regeneris Consulting Ltd

75,187.00

Andrew Dumbreck Media Limited

62,165.60

National Centre for Social Research

70,732.00

Deloitte (LLP No 2 a/c)

49,480.00

CLAS Co-operative Ltd

29,820.00

SQW Limited

29,413.00

These are unaudited figures from the Department’s financials systems, net of recoverable VAT. The department uses professional services firms for a variety of purposes. In addition to consultancy services, they include expenditure on external legal support and advice on programmes, research fieldwork, evaluation, specialist technical advice and the provision of interim managers. Legal services from the Treasury Solicitors and providers of recruitment services have been excluded in order to arrive at a list of firms that are predominantly providers of consultancy.