§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, further to his answer of 13 December to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras, what was the breakdown between health, social security and social services of the expenditure from 1979 to 1980 to 1984–85 on external consultants.
§ Mr. FowlerExpenditure on external consultancies was split between(a) health and personal social services, and, (b) social security as follows: 324W
(£ 000, 1984–85 prices) Health and Personal Social Services Social Security 1979–80 59 567 1980–81 46 456 1981–82 76 778 1982–83 125 1,312 1983–84 324 3,460 1984–85 698 7,028 A division of expenditure between health and personal social services is not available.