A line chart from the Institute for Government, showing total government spending on consultancy between 2017/18 and 2024/25, in 2025/26 prices. Spending was £1.2bn in 2019/20 and increased significantly in 2020/21 and 2021/22, reaching £1.7bn, before falling every year, eventually reaching £1.1bn in 2024/25. A separate dashed line shows the government target, of reducing spending to £0.7bn by 2028/29.