§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the total external spending by her Department was on public-private partnership consultants in each of the last four years; how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed over this period; how many billed consultancy days there were per year; what the implied average cost of each PPP consultant was; how many consultancy firms were used by her Department over this period; and if she will make a statement. [43198]
§ Hilary BennDFID has engaged consultants to help on the public-private partnership with the Commonwealth Development Corporation. Annual spending and the number of consultancy firms are given in the table. The other information requested is not obtainable without disproportionate effort.
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£ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–021 Total Legal advice (two firms) 9,867 650,029 169,398 210,348 81,542 1,121,184 Financial advice (one firm) — 702,851 452,050 354,681 152,750 1,662,332 Tax advice (one firm) — 75,788 93,888 121,495 86,833 378,004 Accountancy advice (one firm) — — — 100,815 — 100,815 Totals (five firms) 9,867 1,428,668 715,336 787,339 321,125 3,262,335 1 Provisional