Consultants

HC Deb 25 June 1996 vol 280 c85W

Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on contracts with outside consultants in 1995–96. [33982]

Mr. Horam

The Department of Health spent £18,373,129 from running cost expenditure on external consultants in the financial year 1995–96.

Mr. Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the financial benefit achieved by the use of external consultants with which his Department has had contracts in the last three years. [34332]

Mr. Horam

I refer the hon. Member to the reply that my hon. Friend the then Under-Secretary gave to the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) on 28 November at column613.