Consultants

HC Deb 10 November 1999 vol 337 c628W

Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how much the Lord Chancellor's Department spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last four financial years. [97419]

Mr. Lock

The information requested is as follows:

	LCD	Agencies	Total
1995–96	1,295,260	419,000	1,714,260
1996–97	452,948	1,741,793	2,194,741
1997–98	377,522	2,276,779	2,654,301
1998–99	827,891	3,065,635	3,893,526