§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total gross running cost to his Department was of fees and disbursements paid to consultants in the 12 months ending 30 April 1997. [157618]
§ Mr. StrawThe information requested is not available in the format requested. In order to provide the hon. Member with as full an answer as possible the combined total running costs of fees and disbursements to my Department paid to consultants in the 12 months ending 31 March 1997 amounted to £11,804,984 (exclusive of VAT).