Departments’ total spending on consultants reached an eight-year high of £1.54bn in 2017-18
Real terms expenditure, £bn
Real terms expenditure, £bn
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1.0
1.5
1.92
0.65
0.383
0.451
0.723
0.669
0.513
0.97
1.54
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