HC Deb 19 September 2003 vol 410 c1005W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Minister of State, Department for International Development how many consultancies were commissioned by the Department in the last two years for which figures are available; and what the cost of those contracts was. [130889]

Mr. Gareth Thomas

DFID central Procurement Department commissioned consultancy contracts as follows:

Number of contracts £ million
2001–02 1,082 282
2002–03 833 262

In addition, DFID overseas departments commissioned lower value contracts worth a total of £20 million in 2001–02 and £25 million in 2002–03.

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