§ Mr. MilburnTo 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 1992, in 1996 prices, for his Department and its agencies; and what are the quantified annual cost savings which such expenditure has resulted in. [41191]
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§ Mr. HagueExpenditure, in 1996–97 prices, on external consultants engaged by the Welsh Office is as follows:
£000 1991–92 1,267 1992–93 1,553 1993–94 1,550 1994–95 843 1995–96 1,212 There are no central records of the savings resulting from consultancy work.