§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is her estimate of the expenditure of her(a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental public bodies on external consultants in (i) 1995–96, (ii) 1996–97, (iii) 1997–98 to date and (iv) 1997–98 full year; and if she will also estimate the cost savings resulting from the employment of such consultants for each of the above years. [26619]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 5 February 1998]: The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is set out in the table.
lodged at Social Security Appeal Tribunals (SSAT) in the Independent Tribunal Service, and the number of appeals heard and decided by SSATS, for the twelve months preceding and succeeding October 1996", copies of which have been placed in the Library.