questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make an estimate of expenditure on (a) consultants and (b) temporary staff in (i) his Department, (ii) vote agencies, (iii) executive non-departmental bodies and (iv) other bodies in 2023-24 financial 
answerText: I refer the right hon. Member to the answer and the overall expenditure forecasts I provided on 14 December 2023 to Question 6081. 
heading: Ministry of Defence: Consultants and Temporary Employment