Incontinence: Medical Equipment

Mr. Stephen O'Brien
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what expenditure his Department has incurred on the procurement of services from (a) Deloitte and (b) other consultants in respect of the review of Part IX of the Drug Tariff; and what estimate he has made of the total expenditure to be incurred on the procurement of such services.

Phil Hope
Costs for professional advice from Deloitte were around £3.7 million from April 2005 to February 2009. No other consultants were contracted.