§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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 in each intervening year.
§ Mr. Scott[pursuant to his reply, 19 November 1986; c. 258]: The fees paid in the last two financial years are shown below together with the estimated expenditure for the current financial year. Information for the previous years would be available only at disproportionate cost.
£ Expenditure 1984–85 4,723,025 Expenditure 1985–86 5,029,849 Estimated expenditure 1986–87 5,960,050