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Written question asked by Adam Holloway (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 November 2005. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Thursday, 1 December 2005 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Iraq

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many consultants his Department employs in Iraq; and how much each was paid in the last year for which figures are available.
Answer

DFID primarily employs consultants through contracts with consultancy companies. The following table therefore lists the number of consultants DFID currently employs in Iraq under each consultancy programme, and how much DFID has paid each for consultancy programme over the last 12 months, where this number exceeds £100,000. The amount paid includes not only consultants' fees, but also travel costs and expenses, and project management support from the UK and from locally-engaged staff.

Programme Consultancy company and number of consultants Amount paid over the last 12 months (£)
Political Participation Fund British Council—2 full-time international consultants 1,084,588
Emergency Public Administration Adam Smith International Ltd.—5 full-time international consultants 4,171,325
Economic Reform (phase one) Maxwell Stamp plc—6 full-time international consultants 3,208,096
Support to the Centre of Government Adam Smith International Ltd.—4 full-time international consultants —
Economic Reform (phase two) Adam Smith International Ltd.—3 full-time international consultants —
Southern Iraq Employment and Services Programme Crown Agents—2 full-time international consultants 309,613
Governorates Capacity Building Programme Enterplan Ltd.—6 full-time international consultants 2,134,163
Technical Advisory Team Crown Agents—4 full-time international consultants 848,199
Iraq Infrastructure and Services Programme Enterplan Ltd. ,PA Consulting Group, Crown Agents—10 full-time international consultants 1,276,929
(5) Project started August 2005. No invoices yet cleared

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
440 c689-90W;440 c689-90W; 32662
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Contracts Consultants Expenditure Iraq
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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