HC Deb 28 April 1986 vol 96 c298W
Mr. Craigen

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give figures showing the annual amounts spent by the Scottish Development Agency on consultants' fees since 1980.

Mr. Allan Stewart

[pursuant to his reply, 10 March 1986, c. 372]: The amounts spent by the Scottish Development Agency on consultants' fees for the years in question were:

£
1980–81 1,846,215
1981–82 3,115,748
1982–83 4,265,553
1983–84 5,086,337
1984–85 4,953,324
1985–86 8,568,179

These amounts, which exclude fees associated with capital contracts, were incurred for a variety of purposes including strategic studies, project area studies, programme development, monitoring and economic services, investment advice, taxation, legal, valuation and property advice.