§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what will be the spending of his Department on fees to outside consultants in the current year; and what it was in 1979–80 and each intervening year.
§ Mr. RidleyExpenditure by my Department on fees to management and computer consultants from 1984–85 is as follows:
DOE (Central) PSA Outturn 1984–85 793 677 Outturn 1985–86 £k 1,458 1,566 Forecast outturn 1986–87 2,799 4,044 The DOE(c) figures for 1984–85 and 1985–86 do not include the cost of computer consultants since the information is not readily identifiable in those years. For 1986–87 forecast expenditure on computer consultants accounts for £191k of the total.
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§ Mr. TraceyEstimated mean annual percentage changes in fair rents on comparable re-registrations in 1985 and first half 1986 are as follows: