HC Deb 28 January 2003 vol 398 c724W
Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the benefit to(a) his Department, (b) taxpayers and (c) road users of the value of each external consultant used by his Department since its inception. [93957]

Mr. Jamieson

Guidance on the use of consultants by my Department requires that each consultancy project should have a sound business case which sets out the deliverables and benefits expected to accrue. Details of individual consultancies and supporting business cases are not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.