§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are his latest estimates of the expenditure on all external consultants, including management consultants, for each year since 1987, in 1994 prices, for his Department and its agencies; and what are the quantified annual cost savings which such expenditure has resulted in.
§ Mr. RedwoodExpenditure on management and other consultants engaged by the Welsh Office since 1987–88 is as follows:
£000 Current prices 1994–95 prices 1987–88 345 494 1988–89 479 643 1989–90 342 429 1990–91 229 266 1991–92 1,109 1,212 1992–93 1,416 1,489 1993–94 1,454 1,483 1994–951 475 475 1 Year to date. Information on savings resulting from consultancy work is not recorded centrally.