§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Cunninghame, North (Mr. Wilson) of 3 May,Official Report, column 446, and to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras of 26 May, Official Report, column 284, if he will show for each separate invoice supplied to his Department by Dewe Rogerson for advice on his Department's marketing strategy for rail privatisation, (a) the date on which the invoice was received by his Department, (b) the date on which the invoice was paid by 258W his Department and (c) the amount contained in each separate invoice, inclusive of value added tax; whether he has now received the final invoice from Dewe Rogerson; what is the total amount inclusive of the value added tax, which his Department will have paid to Dewe Rogerson by the time its contract expires; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Freeman[pursuant to his reply 5 July 1994]The information requested in parts(a), (b) and (c) is commercially confidential.
Dewe Rogerson's final invoice has not yet been received and it is not therefore possible to provide a figure for the total amount.
To date Dewe Rogerson has been paid £658,000, including VAT, for this advice.