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10 Downing Street: Consultants

Volume 457: debated on Monday 5 March 2007

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which external consultancy firms are working for 10 Downing street. (119968)

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many external consultants were used by her Department in each year since 2005; and at what cost in each year. (122471)

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which external consultants were used by (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies in relation to private finance initiatives in 2005-06; and what the (i) nature and (ii) cost of the work was in each case. (123010)

For information on the cost of consultancies I refer the hon. Members to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for North-East Hertfordshire (Mr. Heald) on 16 January 2007, Official Report, column 1063W. The more detailed information requested in respect of the numbers, names and nature of the consultancies is not separately identifiable on the Department's accounting system.