§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. [4065]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 14 November 1996]I refer the hon. Member to the letter that I have today sent in reply to the identical question that he tabled at the end of the 1995–96 Session. I have placed a copy of my letter in the Members' Library.