To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the National Policing Improvement Agency spent on consultants in each of the last five years. (280341)

The National Policing Improvement Agency was established by statute on 1 April 2007. Data are only available for 2007-08 and 2008-09.

NPIA consultancy spend was £71.4 million in 2007-08. The figure for 2008-09 is £57.2 million.