§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total amount spent by his Department in the 1990–91 financial year on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases; and if he will list each management or234W computer consultancy contract awarded by his Department in 1990–91, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm, the subject of the assignment and, if appropriate, the executive agency for whom the contract was carried out.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe estimated expenditure in the financial year 1990–91 on management and computer consultancy projects is 13.8 million. A list of consultancy firms and the projects they carried out in 1990–91 has been placed in the Library. None of the projects was carried out for an executive agency.