§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the amount spent on(a) accountants, (b) lawyers, (c) consultants and (d) other professionals in relation to design, build, finance and operate road contracts since their inception. [20]
§ Mr. WattsI have asked the chief executive of the Highways Agency to write to the hon. Member.
363WLetter from Lawrie Haynes to Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody, dated 4 November 1996:
The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your recent question asking if he will list the amount spent on (a) accountants, (b) lawyers, (c) consultants and (d) other professionals in relation to Design Build Finance and Operate road contracts since their inception.The information you have requested cannot be disaggregated for reasons of commercial confidentiality.However, we can disclose that the amount spent on accountants, lawyers and technical advisors since 1994 in support of the Design Build Finance and Operate (DBFO) programme totals £13.5m. This figure does not include consultants appointed to design schemes which subsequently became subsumed within a DBFO project.