§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the total cost to his Department was of the use of external consultants in each of the last four years. [35016]
§ Mr. MacShaneThe cost of external consultants was:
£ million 1997–1998 15.8 1998–1999 14.5 1999–2000 14.0 2000–2001 17.9