HC Deb 16 October 1996 vol 282 cc977-8W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what are his latest estimates of the expenditure on all 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. [41191]

Mr. Hague

Expenditure, in 1996–97 prices, on external consultants engaged by the Welsh Office is as follows:

£000
1991–92 1,267
1992–93 1,553
1993–94 1,550
1994–95 843
1995–96 1,212

There are no central records of the savings resulting from consultancy work.

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