§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the cost of employing consultants in connection with privatisation programmes in which his Department has been engaged since 1980. [33461]
§ Mr. HowardExpenditure incurred on employing consultants was £2,160,000, excluding value added tax, in respect of the privatisation of National Transcommunications Ltd. and £784,000, excluding value added tax, in respect of the privatisation of DTELS—formerly the Home Office Directorate of Telecommunications.