§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last four financial years. [97424]
§ Mr. StrawExpenditure on external consultants and advisers in each of the last four financial years by my Department was as follows:
Year £ 1995–96 10,200,000 1996–97 11,804,984 1997–98 7,627,016 1998–99 4,588,445