HC Deb 29 March 1988 vol 130 c370W
Mr. Tim Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy what was the total amount spent by his Department in 1987 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases.

Mr. Parkinson

My Department expects its total expenditure in the 1987–88 financial year on management and computer consultancy contracts to be about £283,000.