§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years. [171875]
§ Ms HewittThe record expenditure for the Department, including the Small Business Service, on consultancy was as follows.
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£ million 2001–02 55 2002–3 52 Due to a change in the Department's accounting system during 2003–04, consistent information for that year could be obtained only at disproportionate cost, as would information on our many NDPBs.
I have asked the Chief Executive of the Executive agencies to respond directly to the hon. Member.
Letter from Roger Heathcote to Bob Spink, dated 18 May 2004:
You asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, how much her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years. I have been asked to reply on behalf of the Employment Tribunals Service.
The Employment Tribunals Service has spent the following amounts on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years:
£ 2001–02 119,255 2002–03 457,757 2003–04 441,838 Letter from Claire Clancy to Bob Spink, dated 18 May 2004:
I am responding to your recent Parliamentary Question to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on behalf of Companies House, which is an Executive Agency of the DTI.
Expenditure on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years was as follows:
£ 2001–02 2,496,317 2002–03 3,700,207 2003–04 3,609,492 Letter from Desmond Flynn to Bob Spink, dated 18 May 2004:
The Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has asked me to reply directly on behalf of The Insolvency Service in respect to your question (2003/2500) asking how much money has been spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years.
The Insolvency Service Executive Agency of the Department of Trade and Industry scent the following amounts on external consultants and advisors in the last three years:
£ 2001–02 Nil 2002–03 Nil 2003–04 34 The £34,000 spent in 2003/04 was broken down to £18,000 on a Race Equality Impact Study and £16,000 on our Help Line.
Letter from Dr. J W Llewellyn to Bob Spink, dated 18 May 2004:
The Secretary of State for Trade & Industry has asked me to reply on behalf of the & Measures Laboratory (NWML) to your question regarding the total amounts spent on external Consultants and Advisers in each of the last three years.
893WPlease see the total amount spent per year as listed below:
£ 2001–02 80,290 2002–03 71,010 2003–04 68,119 Letter from Ron Marchant to Bob Spink, dated 18 May 2004:
I am replying to this parliamentary question, tabled on 6 May 2004, concerning how much the Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years.
The Patent Office response is:
£ 2001–02 53,000 2002–03 69,000 2003–04 32,000