§ Mr. WillisTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment if he will list, for contracts concluded by his Department since May 1997 with external consultants and advisers not covered by his answer of 23 July 1999,Official Report, columns 691–92W, (a) the total number of contracts concluded, (b) the number and total value of those contracts that have been awarded following a competitive tendering process, (c) the number and total value of those contracts that have been awarded without a competitive tendering process and (d) the names of all companies with which contracts not put out to competitive tender have been concluded. [98643]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe information could be provided only at disproportionate cost.