Consultants (Hansard, 20 February 1997)

HC Deb 20 February 1997 vol 290 c735W 735W

§ Mr. Milburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what monitoring takes place by his Department of the use of external consultants by non-departmental public bodies. [16747]

§ Mr. Bowis
Provision for all non-departmental public bodies is reviewed regularly and before annual budgets are set including expenditure on consultants. Audited accounts are published for each of these bodies.