§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to his Department was of the use of external consultants in each of the last four years. [35022]
§ Ruth KellyThe costs to HM Treasury for external consultants were as follows:
Year 1996–97 1,032,250 1997–98 1,159,530 1998–99 1,788,706 1999–2000 1,489,024 2000–01 1,666,799 2001–02 1,160,099