§ Mr. Jon Owen JonesTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what was the full cost of the consultancy work carried out by SRU/MMD Ltd. on the privatisation review of Companies House since it was appointed in October 1992 until he made his announcement on the future of Companies House on 20 December 1994,Official Report, column 1046.
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansThe cost of the consultancy work was £283,000 excluding VAT. I have already written to the hon. Member correcting my earlier answer on this subject and a copy of that letter has been placed in the Library of the House.