Departmental Contracts

Mr. Walker
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract.

Mr. Hain
In the current financial year my Department entered into a short-term consultancy contract which started on 11 April and ended on 10 May 2007 at a total cost of £4,700.