HC Deb 14 November 1996 vol 285 cc341-2W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what are the latest estimates of the expenditure on external consultants, including management consultants, for each year since 1992, in 1996 prices, for his Department and its agencies; and what are the quantified annual cost savings which such expenditure has resulted in. [4063]

Mr. Robin Squire

I refer the hon. Member to the reply that I gave to him on 17 October 1996,Official Report, column 1130.