asked Her Majesty's Government:
How many consultants the Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure has employed since 1 January; what they were employed to do; and at what cost. [HL876]
The table provides an analysis of payments made for consultancy expenditure since 1 January 2006 to 14 December 2006, linked to the associated consultancy projects.
Expenditure since 01/01/06 Subject of Consultancy £407.68 Child protection workshop £15,760.50 Electronic document records management £2,608.00 Project adviser for capital projects £350.00 Editorial services on architecture policy £12,455.51 Consultation on strategy for sport £25,875.00 Eel research project £7,397.30 Article 4 and 10, tendering and site visit checks for European Union angling and water recreation development programmes £7,875.00 Exercise to identify DCAL Inland Waterways and Inland Fisheries 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 angling resources in Northern Ireland £1,000.00 Otter and whooper swan survey at Tiraroe, Derrylin £850.00 Flora and fauna survey on Upper Lough Macnean £29.50 Report on Fisheries Conservancy Board financial projections to March 2007 £46,850.10 Internal audit £12,000.00 Staff opinion survey £15,100.00 Accountancy services £75.00 Public Sector Quality Group customer survey £9,640.50 PRONI new accommodation project £29,114.75 Facilitation of strategic planning exercise £13,271.59 Review of central library £12,570.00 Business continuity plan £1,994.81 Council of Europe Charter for Regional or Minority Languages £520.00 Verification of Maid of Antrim European Union project £1,144.00 Independent assessor of Big Lottery £203.25 Contribution to a seminar in Greenmount College £200.00 Speakers fees for adventure activities seminar £4,880.00 Linfield/Irish Football Association agreement £5,875.00 Northern Ireland Events Company and Rally Ireland arbitration £4,000.00 Assessment and appointment of independent board member £840.00 Independent assistance in reviewing a complaint £8,400.00 Legal assistance on proposed Irish language legislation £1,410.00 Charter Mark assessment £272,297.49 Total consultancy expenditure 1 January to 14 December 2006