§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 13 March 1996,Official Report, column 629, if he will give the figures for (a) running costs and (b) expenditure on consultants by each of the five listed non-departmental public bodies in each of the past five years, using the new definition of running costs. [22804]
§ Mr. Hague[holding answer 22 March 1996]: Expenditure on running costs incurred prior to 1 April 1996 was not recorded in the format requested and cannot be produced. Available information on outturn expenditure on running costs and consultants for each of the five non-departmental public bodies is as follows: 203W
£ million Year Running Costs Consultants Development Board for Rural Wales 1991–1992 3.101 0.524 1992–93 3.276 0.489 1993–94 3.270 0.508 1994–95 3.137 0.517 1995–96 (estimated outturn) 2.920 0.340 Cardiff Bay Development Corporation 1991–92 3.473 5.510 1992–93 4.012 6.559 1993–94 4.100 10.044 1994–95 4.004 6.536 1995–96 (budget) 4.319 8.093 Land Authority for Wales1 1991–92 1.668 0.433 1992–93 1.732 0.604 1993–94 1.787 0.600 1994–95 1.795 0.414 1995–96 (budget) 1.882 0.350 Wales Tourist Board2 1991–92 3.666 0.281 1992–93 4.013 0.289 1993–94 3.859 0.297 1994–95 3.884 0.307 1995–96 (estimated outturn) 3.820 0.383 Welsh Development Agency3 1991–92 13.750 4.858 1992–93 14.231 5.917 1993–94 15.094 6.276 1994–95 14.130 6.370 1995–96 (estimated outturn) 13.200 7.074 1All fees are recovered from trading activities, therefore net nil cost to the public purse. 2 Figures for expenditure on consultants are best estimates in the time available. 3Figures for expenditure on consultants include professional fees.