§ Mr. FisherTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list those(a) consultants, (b) outside organisations and (c) individuals employed by his Department in each year since 1990, indicating the purposes of their employment and the total payments made to them. [3962]
§ Mr. Jonathan Evans(a) This information has not been held centrally, and figures for the years before 1992–93 could be provided only at disproportionate cost. On the best information currently available, for the years 1992 to 1995 the following numbers of external consultants have won contracts, with the total spend on external consultancy as specified:
1992–3 1993–4 1994–5 Numbers of consultants 34 63 69 Total spend £1.2 million £1.4 million £1.5 million (b) The answer to this question could be provided only at disproportionate cost to the Department.
456W(c) Copies of the civil service staff post summary tables from 1990 to 1995 can be found in the House Libraries and numbers of individuals employed by the Department may be found therein.
The purpose of each individual's employment is to assist the Department to attain its aims and objectives, as set out in the departmental report, which also details the relevant costs.