External Consultants

HC Deb 08 January 2002 vol 377 cc626-7W

Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was to his Department of the use of external consultants in each of the last four years. [21262]

Ms Blears

Expenditure by the Department on external consultants is as follows:

£ million
	Cost
1997–98	11.848
1998–99	7.181
1999–2000	7.991
2000–01	6.531