Consultants (Hansard, 28 May 2004)

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many of the consultants used by his Department since 1997 have been based in(a)the United Kingdom, (b)the United States and (c)the recipient country for the project. [176608]

§ Hilary Benn
The following figures are in respect of contracts awarded by DFID's Procurement Group since April 2001. DFID does not keep information in the format requested for low value contracts issued by overseas offices or contracts awarded prior to April 2001 and this could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Number of
suppliers¹
UK USA Other

2003–04 350 282 16 52

2002–03 406 332 16 58

2001–2 497 483 2 12

¹Some individual suppliers were awarded more than one contract

§ Mr. Bercow
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much was spent by his Department on the use of consultants in each year since 1997. [176658]

§ Hilary Benn
Expenditure on consultancy services is recorded in "Statistics on International Development", Table 12. A copy of this publication is available in the Library of the House

	Number of suppliers¹	UK	USA	Other
2003–04	350	282	16	52
2002–03	406	332	16	58
2001–2	497	483	2	12
¹Some individual suppliers were awarded more than one contract