Departmental Manpower

Mr. Drew
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) external contractors and (b) other non-departmental staff were employed by his Department in London in each of the last five financial years; and at what cost were such staff employed in each year.

Huw Irranca-Davies
Information on how many external contractors and other non-departmental staff were engaged by the core-Department in London and their costs in each of the last five financial years could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The core-Department’s expenditure on consultancy and professional services for the financial years 2003-04 through to 2007-08 is set out in the following table.

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|£ million                          |
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|Category                           |2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|
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|IT and Telecommunications          |53|99|131|163|130|
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|Management and Business Consultancy|20|79|44|29|17|
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|Programme and Project Management   |23|24|18|4|10|
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|Research and Development           |10|18|20|33|35|
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|Specialist Consultancy             |40|36|37|54|56|
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|Temp Staff                         |9|10|10|7|5|
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