To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) businesses and (b) individuals provided consultancy services to his Department in each of the last three years; and what the top 10 contracts by value were in each case. (241193)

This information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The Department will in its departmental report 2009 publish a list of its 10 most valuable contracts in the expenditure area of consultancy. A copy of the departmental report will be placed in the Library of the House.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) businesses and (b) individuals provided consultancy service to his Department in each of the last three years; and what the 10 most valuable contracts were in each case. (241237)

[holding answer 8 December 2008]: The information could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The Department will in its departmental report 2009 publish a list of its 10 most valuable contracts in the expenditure area of consultancy. A copy of the departmental report will be placed in the Library of the House.