Departmental Staff

Dr. Cable
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many value for money exercises on the use of (a) management consultants and (b) professional advisers were conducted by her Department in each of the last five years for which information is available; and if she will make a statement.

Mr. Lammy
Whilst value for money underpinsthe Department's project methodology, it has not conducted any specific value for money exercises on the use and employment of consultants and advisers in the last five years.