§ Mr. SillarsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many United Kingdom consultants the Overseas Development Administration has commissioned in each of the past five years; what was the number of Scottish-based consultants; what was the total value of the commissions in each year; and what proportion of that value in each year was won by Scottish-based companies.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe total expenditure on consultants commissioned by the Overseas Development Administration in the last five years was:
million 1984 29.7 1985 30.0 1986 33.0 1987 34.8 1988 48.5 We do not have statistics for numbers of consultants commissioned in this period, nor are records kept of the geographical base of consultants. I regret, therefore, that this information could be provided only at dispropor-tionate cost.