§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the cost to his Department of employing management or computer consultants for each year from 1983 to 1987.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe cost of employing management and computer consultants for each financial year from 1984 to 1987 was:
£ million 1984–85 0.980 1985–86 1.254 1986–87 1.847 1987–88 2.195 Information for 1983–84 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract extant in his Department as at 1 January 1987, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThis information is not held centrally and could be collected only at disproportionate cost.