To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if she will list (a) the nature and value of contracts her Department has entered into and (b) discussions ministers or officials have held with the Monitor Consultancy since 1990. [14950]

The information is not available in the format requested. Such information as is available is as follows.The Department of Social Security and its Executive Agencies has not entered into any contracts with Monitor Consultancy since 1993–94 (the latest for which information is available). Neither Ministers nor Departmental Officials have had discussions with them.