Management Consultants

HC Deb 13 March 1989 vol 149 cc81-2W

Mr. Dobson

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what were the total fees paid out by his Department to management consultants in 1979–80 and each year to date; and what is the estimate for the current year.

Mr. Donald Thompson

The total fees paid out by my Department to management consultants, excluding computer consultants, for 1984–85 to 1987–88 and the estimated expenditure in 1988–89 are as follows:

	£
1984–85	27,110
1985–86	174,724
1986–87	135,279
1987–88	44,015
11988–89	164,846
1 Estimate.

Information for earlier years is not available except at disproportionate cost.