HC Deb 14 January 2002 vol 378 cc59-60W
Mr. John Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent in the last four complete financial years with agencies supplying(a) IT, (b) accounting and (c) finance personnel on a contractual basis; and how many (i) such contracts and (ii) man years this represents. [25014]

Dr. Moonie

This information is not held centrally in the form requested and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, much of the information sought is available in the Ministry of Defence's annual returns of expenditure on External Assistance, which includes the categories of Finance and Accounting, and Information and Control Systems. Copies are available in the Library of the House, covering the period 1995–96 to 1999–2000.