§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last four financial years. [97421]
§ Ms StuartExpenditure by the Department is:
Year Spend £ million 1995–96 18.504 1996–97 114.518 1997–98 111.848 1998–99 17.181 1 Includes figures for regional office of the National Health Service Executive, which became part of the Department of Health in April 1996.