§ Dr. David ClarkTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the total cost to date of the employment of consultants for his Department's married housing quarters sell-off. [29342]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotFurther to my answer of 19 December 1995,Official Report, columns 114–15, the total cost to date of the employment of consultants since we began to develop the proposal to transfer the married quarters estate to the private sector announced by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Defence on 30 November 1995, Official Report, columns 810–11, amounts to some £3.5 million, exclusive of VAT, on the basis of invoices received by the end of April.