§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many consultancies were commissioned by his Department in the last two years for which figures are available; and what the cost of those contracts was.[130893]
§ Dr. LadymanThe Department does not hold centrally a record of individual contracts. However, our financial records show the following figures as the payments made to consultancies for the last two complete financial years.
Financial year £million 2000–01 6.53 2001–02 6.8