(2) how much was paid in consultancy fees by the Lord Chancellor's Department from 1997 to 2000-01.
From April 1997 until March 2001, the amounts spent by the Lord Chancellor's Department's on external consultants was as follows:
£ million 1997-98 0.7 1998-99 1.2 1999-2000 1.9 2000-01 2.6
Spend with external consultants since the Ministry of Justice was established on 9 May 2007 is not available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
However, from April 2007 until September 2007, the former Department for Constitutional Affairs and those bodies that were formerly part of the Home Office and which are now part of the Ministry of Justice, spent £5.5 million with external consultants.