NHS: Training

Helen Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which (a) management, (b) IT and (c) other consultants have been employed to work on the Medical Training Application Service; and how much has been paid to each.

Ms Rosie Winterton
[holding answer 15 May 2007]: Methods Consulting have been contracted to develop and support the Medical Training Application Service. The total costs of this service including set up costs were £1.9 million in 2006-07. The estimated costs of the service over five years are £6.3 million.