Mr. Stephen O?BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the total gross running costs to his Department of fees and disbursements paid to consultants in the last 12 months. [149152]
§ Ms StuartTotal expenditure on external management consultants by the Department in the period February 2000 to January 2001 was £8,042,525.
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§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what were his Department's total gross running costs for travel, including fares, subsistence, accommodation and any other expenses met from public funds but excluding all such costs for journeys and stays exclusively within the United Kingdom(a) since 1 May 1997 and (b) in the last 12 months. [149156]
§ Ms StuartThe Department's gross running costs for travel and subsistence outside of the United Kingdom has been(a) since 1 May 1997, £2,189,074 and, (b) in the last 12 months, £569,085.
§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the total gross running costs to his Department of the NDPBs accountable through his Department in the last 12 months. [149157]
§ Ms StuartThe Department estimates that the non-departmental public bodies will have received a total of £176.2 million for their gross running costs at the end of the current financial year 2000–01
§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total gross running cost to his Department in the last 12 months of(a) stationery and (b) printing and publishing. [149153]
§ Ms StuartThe total gross running cost to the Department for January to December 2000 for(a) stationery was £1,664,367, and (b) printing was £3,721,082.
§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total gross running cost to his Department was in the last 12 months of alcoholic drinks. [149149]
§ Mr. Stephen O'BrienTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total gross running cost to his Department was in the last 12 months of entertaining by Ministers and officials. [149158]
§ Ms StuartThe total gross running cost to the Department of the costs of entertaining by Ministers and officials from January to December 2000 was £84,634.