To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 February 2022 to Question 119777 on Great British Railways: Consultants, what the monthly consultancy cost has been for consultants supporting or contracted by the Great British Railways Transition Team in each month form October 2021 to February 2022.
Answered on
23 February 2022
Further to PQ 119777 which provided forecast expenditure, the total actual spend on consultancy support over the period from 18 October 2021 to 4 February 2022 was £6.4million. Data on the monthly consultancy cost for consultants supporting the Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) is not available in the format requested as GBRTT hold data in accounting periods rather than calendar months.