§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what are his latest estimates of the expenditure on all external consultants, including management consultants, for each year since 1987 in 1994 prices, for his Department and its agencies; and what are the quantified annual cost savings which such expenditure has resulted in.
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe information requested is not held centrally by my Department and is obtainable only at disproportionate cost.