DCMS has been the annual advisory council for the past four years

The number of years spent by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on consulting services has increased more than in the past two years.

In 2017/18, the Department spent £ 2.7m on consultancy services; This number has risen by £ 600,000 over the next two years: the former to £ 3.3m then, in 2019/20, to £ 3.9m.

Then there’s the huge increase in 2020/21, when DCMS spent £ 16.6m on negotiators. This is, of course, the age marked by the high incidence of coronavirus infection. The office is responsible for providing the government’s Covid response and supporting the management of a £ 750m support fund for charity, community and industry.

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DCMS has also led work on a number of key initiatives and new legislation, including the Online Safety Bill and the UK’s post-Brexit data protection government.

In 2021/22, when much of this continues or increases, the company will see its annual consultancy increase, to just over £ 17.5m.

These figures were released by then -minister of technology Julia Lopez, in response to a parliamentary question written by Liberal Democrat MP Wendy Chamberlain.

Lopez added: “Assets are VAT non -refundable, and VAT is non -refundable translated accordingly. Costs are subject to change for FY21/22 after the review. and the final property shall be published in the DCMS Annual Report and Accounts FY21/22.

The minister left the government last week in a joint resignation issued with four other colleagues – with Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch. Lopez has spent two and a half years working on digital government, information technology, and information technology.