§ Chris GraylingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the projects with a value in excess of £30,000 carried out by his Department using external consultants in the current financial year. [96697]
§ Mr. Lammy[holding answer 11 February 2003]: Responsibility for procurement within the Department is devolved to individual business units operating within central guidance. Information is not held centrally on a project by project basis but a trawl of the Department, excluding agencies, at local business unit level has identified 10 projects in the current financial year with an expenditure to date on consultants in excess of £30,000:
- Business process re-engineering/Departmental of Health finance system
- Department of Health performance management
- Ensuring efficient delivery
- Financial flows project
- Benchmarking programme
- Mental health minimum dataset
- Infrastructure management services programme
- Establishment of the NHS franchising register of expertise
- Utilisation—based small area study of need for healthcare in England
- Shifting the balance of power.