§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of the amount spent on external consultants by his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years. [10196]
§ Mr. BurtThe information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows:
Financial year Expenditure £ 1996–97(to end of November) 34,766 1995–96 40,219 The Department of Social Security's non-departmental public bodies—NDPBs—are funded directly from the Department's overall administration and miscellaneous services vote. The vote accounting arrangements prior to April 1995 preclude separate identification of NDPBs' expenditure on external consultants.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the actions his Department has taken on each of the recommendations contained in the Cabinet Office report, "The Government's Use of External Consultants". [10197]