§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the cost to his Department of employing management or computer consultants for each year from 1983 to 1987.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerMy Department's expenditure on centrally controlled management or computer consultants if readily available only from 1984 onwards. The figures are as follows:
Financial Year £ 1984–85 93,654 1985–86 55,688 1986–87 27,927 1987–88 94,114 It is not possible to identify without disproportionate costs fees paid to outside consultants in respect of projects not centrally managed.
§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract extant in his Department as at 1 January 1987, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.
§ Mr. Peter WalkerThe only centrally controlled management or computer consultancy contract extant in my Department at 1 January 1987 was with Ernst and Whinney for advising and assisting in the development of computer auditing. It is not possible to identify without disproportionate costs management or computer consultancy contracts extant at 1 January 1987 in respect of projects not centrally managed.