§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list all of the reports his Department has commissioned from external consultants in each of the last three years; for each of the last three years, how many reports from external consultants to his Department led to further consultancy work being commissioned, stating for each of these who were the original and subsequent consultants and briefly describing the subject matter of the consultancy work; and if he will make a statement.
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§ Miss WiddecombeDetails of all the external management consultancy projects commissioned by the Department of Social Security in the financial years 1989–90, 1990–91 and 1991–92 have been placed in the Library.
Information concerning the commissioning of further work as a result of an external consultancy project is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.