§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the names of the consultants commissioned to inquire into(a) the privatisation of the Scottish bus group, (b) the Skye bridge and (c) options for the future of Scottish Water; and if he will give the expenditure for each.
§ Sir Hector Monro[holding answer 22 October 1992]: Expenditure incurred by the Scottish Office on consultancy work in connection with the projects in question is as follows:
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£ (excluding VAT) Scottish Bus Group Quayle Munro (financial advice) 408,690 Bell-Ingram (property advice) (to date) 19,403 Government Actuary (pensions advice) 6,158 Skye Crossing JMP Consultants (engineering advice) 554,574 Quayle Munro (financial advice) 107,614 Chartered West LB (financial advice) 38,724
£ (excluding VAT) The Ash Partnership (environmental advice) 42,650 Scottish Water and Sewerage Services Quayle Munro (advice on options for future structure of services) 50,000
New dwellings started and completed in Scotland for the period 1979–80 to 1991–92 Financial year Agency Started Completed Private sector Local authority Housing associations New town Total Private sector Local authority Housing associations New town Total 1979–80 15,226 4,578 1,019 1,104 21,927 15,272 4,818 740 2,081 22,911 1980–81 9,586 2,694 1,335 1,247 14,862 11,730 5,199 1,286 1,217 19,432 1981–82 11,422 2,030 1,192 552 15,196 11,018 3,141 1,617 1,408 17,184 1982–83 12,794 2,372 2,368 602 18,216 11,990 2,222 1,133 678 16,023 1983–84 15,374 2,175 991 158 18,698 13,346 2,470 1,597 564 17,977 1984–85 14,192 1,705 1,449 144 17,490 14,158 2,024 1,764 261 18,207 1985–86 14,300 1,672 1,403 139 17,514 14,364 1,880 1,091 141 17,476 1986–87 14,301 1,867 1,575 288 18,031 14,601 1,678 1,347 150 17,776 1987–88 13,520 1,988 1,991 374 17,873 14,174 2,021 1,281 183 17,659 1988–89 15,576 1,078 2,414 589 19,657 14,646 1,818 1,512 224 18,200 1989–90 18,416 1,143 2,698 722 22,979 16,884 1,243 1,357 612 20,096 1990–91 117,154 2757 3,260 2451 21,622 115,406 2953 1,866 2631 18,856 1991–92 115,267 2683 2,390 2333 18,673 116,002 21,003 1,487 2465 18,957 1Includes estimates for outstanding returns. 2Returns are outstanding.