§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how much his Department spent on external consultants and advisers since May 1997 funded from (i) his Department's programme provision and (ii) the Lord Chancellor's Department's running costs. [99487]
§ Mr. Lock[pursuant to his reply, 24 November 1999, c.147W]: I regret to inform the hon. Member that the answer given was inaccurate. This was due to a misinterpretation of the figures collated to answer the question.
The correct figures are as follows:
Expenditure for the Department from April 1997 to end of October 1999 is £9,082,480.£129,974 of this has been spent from programmed provision and the remainder from running costs.
§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how much his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies have spent on external consultants and advisers since May 1997. [102072]
§ Mr. LockThe total expenditure on external consultants by the Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies from April 1997 to end of October 1999 is £7,540,453.