asked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether the Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure has employed consultants since 1 January; if so, for what purpose; and at what cost.[HL7300]
The following information relates to consultancy expenditure incurred by the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure since 1 January, 2006:
Expenditure Subject of Consultancy £280.00 Executive Team Meeting £407.68 Child Protection Workshop £15,760.50 Electronic Document Records Management £2,608.00 Project Advisor for Capital Projects £350.00 Editorial Services on Architecture Policy £3,968.00 Strategy for Sport £2,750.00 Strategy for Sport £5,737.26 Strategy for Sport £14,395.23 Eel Research Project £5,545.15 Article 4 and 10, tendering and site visit checks for EU angling and water recreation development programmes £7,875.00 Exercise to identify DCAL IWIF land and property assets and to scope the work and costs involved in proving legal title £29,600.00 Research on the social and economic impact of recreation fisheries, angling and NI angling resources £1,000.00 Otter and whopper swan survey at Tiraroe, Derrylin £2,000.00 Green Book economic appraisal on South Lough Neagh Regeneration Association £850.00 Flora and Fauna survey on Upper Lough Macnean £4,858.50 Report on Fisheries Conservancy Board financial projections to March 2007 £260.00 Boat Inspection (Ardmore boat yard) £1,000.00 Irish Language Act NI and the European Charter for regional or minority languages £5,178.42 Business Continuity Plan £29,107.31 Internal Audit £1,041.35 Risk Management review £2,065.00 Review of Statement of Internal Control £10,268.65 Internal Audit £1,180.00 Internal Audit £6,805.65 Internal Audit Services £9,500.00 Accountancy Services £75.00 Public Survey Quality Group Survey £9,020.00 PRONI new accommodation project business case £7,368.75 Facilitation of Strategic Planning Exercise £1,475.00 Internal Audit Fees for - key performance validation £5,600.00 Annual Accounts preparation 05-06 £1,410.00 Charter Mark Assessment Fees