§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the cost of employing consultants in connection with privatisation programmes in which his Department has been engaged since 1980.
§ Mr. Norris[holding answer 4 May 1994]: Gross voted expenditure on the employment of consultants on privatisation programmes sponsored by the Department since 1980, and other costs associated with these privatisations, has been £107 million. Departmental expenditure associated with privatisations is covered by the sale proceeds.
Some transport undertakings will have incurred expenditure themselves in employing consultants in the process of privatising parts of their operations, but these costs are a matter for the bodies concerned.