§ Mr. ChallenTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the(a) value and (b) purpose was of contracts entered into by his Department with independent think tanks or their subsidiary bodies since 1997, broken down by think tank or subsidiary body. [146958]
§ Hilary BennI have placed in the House of Commons Library a list of DFID consultancy contracts with think tanks. This does not include lower value contracts, details of which are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.