§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list the number, purpose and total value of contracts with external consultants and advisers that(a) have been let and (b) are due to be let, by his Department to further the implementation of the Modernising Government White Paper indicating those contracts that relate specifically to management consultancy. [143705]
§ Ms Beverley HughesThe cost of implementing the White Paper on Modernising Government by my Department is not separately identified within the resources allocated in the Comprehensive Spending Review and the Spending Review 2000. The plans for my Department along with others are set out in the respective White Papers, "Modern Public Services for Britain", Cm 4011 and "Public Services for the Future", Cm 4181; and Spending Review 2000, Cm 4807 and Cm 4808. The Department's individual spending plan is set out in the Public Expenditure Outturn White Paper for 1999–2000, Cm 4812.