6.3.2 In both its 2009 and 2010 reports on the DCS' strategic plan and budget the Committee reported that the high expenditure on consultants and outsourced services was a cause for serious concern and that it was unconvinced that real efforts have been made to increase the DCS' self-sufficiency and reduce reliance on consultants particularly in areas that are core to its mandate. The reported decrease in the use of consultants is therefore welcomed, but given the DCS' history, will be closely monitored. For the DCS' reliance on the services of consultants to be reduced to the absolute minimum, it must ensure that all funded vacancies are filled, and that, wherever possible, skills are transferred from consultants to its own officials.