Halos dalawang bilyong piso ang ginugol ng gobyerno sa mga consultants.

Ibinunyag ni dating NEDA Director General Ralph Recto na batay sa 2008 report ng Commission on Audit (COA). May pinaka-malaking nagastos ang dalawang kapulungan ng kongreso na umabot sa P277 million pesos.

Sa Senate and House Represetatives- P277M,Department of Agrarian Reform- P181.5M, DOTC- P144M,Department of Finance P130.2M, Department of Education-P125.2M , Department of Energy -P112.7M, Department of Agriculture -P108.2M, Office of the President -P95.2.M.