External Consultants (Hansard, 12 March 2003)

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the total cost to his Department was of the use of external consultants in 2002. [90510]

§ Peter Hain
In the 2002 calendar year my Department spent some£38,000 on external consultants. It also made use of property management consultants under a contract held by the National Assembly for Wales.

§ Mr. Laws
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much(a) his Department and (b) each agency and non-departmental public body spent on external consultancy in each year from 1995–96 to 2002–03 (planned); and if he will make a statement. [92246]

§ Peter Hain
The information is as follows:
(a) The Wales Office was established on 1 July 1999. Spending on external consultancy since then has been:

£

1999–2000¹ 0

2000–01 16,300

2001–02 31,100

2002–03 10,800

¹ Period covered is 1 July 1999 to 31 March 2000

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It also made use of property management consultants under a contract held by the National Assembly for Wales.
(b) My Department has no agencies or non-departmental public bodies.

	£
1999–2000¹	0
2000–01	16,300
2001–02	31,100
2002–03	10,800
¹ Period covered is 1 July 1999 to 31 March 2000