§ 9. Mr. RoweTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much money the Welsh Office spent on consultants in(a) 1996–97, (b) 1997–98 and (c) 1998–99; and how much is planned to be spent by the Office of the Secretary of State for Wales during this current financial year. [98885]
§ Mr. Paul MurphyThe following figures detail Welsh Office expenditure on consultants in the relevant financial years, running from 1 April to the following 31 March.
£ 1996–97 739,363 1997–98 1,311,459 1998–99 1,836,194 I do not expect to incur any expenditure on consultants in the current financial year.