Advisers/Consultants (Hansard, 24 May 2004)

§ Mr. Lansley
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many consultants had signed the new consultant contract by the end of April. [173842]

§ Mr. Hutton
Data collected on the take up of the consultant contract as at 30 April 2004 shows that nearly two thirds of those consultants who had expressed an interest before 31 October 2003 in moving onto the new contract had either moved onto the new contract or received a final job plan offer.

§ Bob Spink
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years; [171713]

§ Ms Rosie Winterton
The expenditure by the Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies is shown in the table.
All those units that could provide details without incurring disproportionate costs have been included.

Total (£)

2001–02 9,078,407

2002–03 10,508,410

2002–04 13,153,386

	Total (£)
2001–02	9,078,407
2002–03	10,508,410
2002–04	13,153,386