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Brian Cotter
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list by project the consultancies (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies have used on e-government projects since 1st January 2001. [115231]
Mr. Leslie
Since 1 January 2001 the following consultancies have been used to provide advice on e-government to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister:active population in England (i) are from ethnic minorities and (ii) people with disabilities. [115488]
Mr. Leslie
The information requested is in the following table.
| Percentage from ethnic minority backgrounds | Percentage with disabilities | |
| Audit Commission staff (2001/02) | 7.7 | 3.0 |
| Local authority staff (average figures from best value performance indicators 2001/02) | 3.2 | 2.4 |
| Economically active population in England (figures from February 2003 Quarterly Labour Force Survey) | 7.8 | 13.2 |