HC Deb 19 September 2003 vol 410 cc1178-9W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many consultancies were commissioned by her Department in the last two years for which figures are available; and what the cost of those contracts was. [130888]

Alun Michael

The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.