To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills by what mechanism consultancy contracts commissioned by his Department are reviewed for cost-effectiveness; who conducts these reviews; what records are maintained of such contracts; and if he will make a statement. (107131)

I refer my hon. Member to the written response my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Skills gave on 22 May 2006, Official Report, column 1362W, to his similar parliamentary question about mechanisms to monitor payment of external consultants.