§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many staff hours were involved in preparing to the Scottish local government reform proposals.
§ Mr. LangPreparation of the proposals has involved staff in many parts of the Scottish Office. De tailed information on staff hours devoted to particular subjects would take too many staff hours to calculate.
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was paid to Touche Ross for its consultancy report on the reorganisation of Scottish local government.
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the cost of all the published documents, maps and videos which were produced at the launch of the Scottish local government reorganisation proposals.
§ Mr. LangThe cost, excluding Scottish Office staff costs, of preparing and reproducing 15,000 consultation papers, 700 videos, 1,000 posters and 110,000 leaflets was approximately £115,000.