National Audit Office
Use of consultants and temporary staff
Annual spending on consultants and temporary staff has reduced by £1.5 billion since 2010 when strict spending controls were introduced. However, annual spend is now increasing once more and is between £400 million and £600 million higher than in 2011-12.
Published 13 Jan 2016
Value for Money
Cabinet Office
Topics: Commercial and financial management, Corporate finance, Efficiency and savings
Recommendations
No recommendations are indexed here. The report itself may contain some: see the report on nao.org.uk, linked above.
Public Accounts Committee follow-up 1 report
The Public Accounts Committee examined this NAO report and made its own recommendations. The government replies to those in Treasury Minutes.