§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisors in each of the last three years. [171876]
§ Mr. CabornThe use of external consultants and advisers over the period 2000 to 2003, the last full years of accounting, were as follows:
£ 2000–01 358,000 2001–02 693,000 2002–03 323,820 These figures include the Royal Parks Agency. The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has over 66 sponsored bodies and compiling the figures for them could be provided only at disproportionate cost.