- Request
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Could you please provide the total gross external spend for each of the following categories, over the last 5 years:
1) Consultancy and advisory services
2) Recruitment, agency and interim services
3) Could I also get a separate figure for these same categories during the current financial year (25/26) up to the present date? You can either provide a figure for the incomplete year, or a forecast for the expected expenditure of these categories to the end of the financial year. - Decision
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1) The On contract agency spend for the last few years was:
2020/21 £3.9m
2021/22 £5m
2022/23 £5.9m
2023/24 £6.3m
2024/25 £7.8m
2025/26 £5.6m (April to Feb)
2-3) Off-contract, this could be a mix of agency, consultancy and advisory
2020/21 figure not available.
2021/22 £0.9m
2022/23 £0.8m
2023/24 £1.7m
2024/25 £2.2m
2025/26 £2m (April to Feb)
- Reference number
- FOI 15615213
- Date request received
- 25/02/26
- Date of decision
- 24/03/26