§ Mrs. Helen JacksonTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how much money has been spent on the process of contracting out the work of the Official Receiver, broken down to show(a) the cost of the consultancy work, (b) the cost of the legal advice, (c) the notional costs of Insolvency Service staff working on the contracting out process and (d) the costs of Department of Trade and Industry services provided to the Insolvency Service. [17462]
§ Mr. Oppenheim[holding answer 27 February 1996]: The cost of the contracting-out exercise undertaken by the Insolvency Service, in the period beginning October 1994, when the Government announced their intention to pursue the preferred option identified by the then consultants, to the announcement on 28 February 1996 of the outcome, was as follows:
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Cost (£) exclusive of VAT where applicable Costs of external consultants 668,201 Costs of external legal advice 54,122 Estimated costs of Insolvency Service staff 1,265,527 Costs of DTI services provided to the Insolvency Service 300,744 Total 2,288,594