§ Bob SpinkTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on external consultants and advisers in each of i:he last three years. [172435]
§ Mr. PearsonThe expenditure incurred by the Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies on external consultants and advisers in each of the last three years is as follows:
Total Department, agencies and NDPBs Total (£) 2001–02 31,274,849 2002–03 35,267,313 2003–04 43,436,915