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Mr. Don Foster
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total value was of (a) technical and financial contracts, (b) technical consultants used on a call-off basis and (c) financial consultants used on a call-off basis, by Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate, in each year since 1992. [93229]
Mr. Jamieson
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) does not let financial contracts and therefore has no information in respect of financial contracts or financial consultants.The total value of work commissioned by HMRI for technical contracts in each year since 1992 is as follows:
| £000 | ||
| External Research | External support via call-off arrangements | |
| 1992–93 | 9.3 | 60.9 |
| 1993–94 | 90.5 | 14.9 |
| 1994–95 | 143 | 50 |
| 1995–96 | 77.1 | 244 |
| 1996–97 | 214.6 | 55.4 |
| 1997–98 | 526.5 | 48.1 |
| 1998–99 | 263.3 | 61.1 |
| 1999–2000 | 878.9 | 24.9 |
| 2000–01 | 89.6 | 798.3 |
| 2001–02 | 241.5 | 264.5 |
| 2002–031 | 314 | 127 |
| 1 Figures cover period to 2 February 2003 | ||