§ Mrs. MayTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what the budget was for research and consultancy for his Department for(a) 1997–98, (b) 1998–99, (c) 1999–2000 and (d) 2000–01. [137304]
§ Mr. Wills[holding answer 8 November 2000]: Research and consultancy is not generally budgeted for as a discrete item within the Department. Most expenditure of this type is met from wider programme or administrative budgets.