HC Deb 26 February 2002 vol 380 c1150W
Mr. Bercow

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the total cost to his Department was of the use of external consultants in each of the last four years. [35016]

Mr. MacShane

The cost of external consultants was:

£ million
1997–1998 15.8
1998–1999 14.5
1999–2000 14.0
2000–2001 17.9