HC Deb 16 October 1996 vol 282 c1060W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment 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. [41179]

Sir Paul Beresford

Expenditure on external consultants since 1992, in 1996 prices, is as follows:

Year Expenditure £
1992–93 11.4
1993–94 11.1
1994–95 11.8
1995–96 9.2

It is not feasible precisely to quantify savings achieved by consultants since their work is usually only one of several factors leading to total savings achieved by a particular project.