Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 April 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 April 2006. It was answered by Baroness Primarolo (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 April 2006 on behalf of the Treasury.

Consultants

Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor bodies spent on consultants in (a) each year between 1997 and 2000–01 and (b) 2005–06.

Answer

The former Inland Revenue spent the following amounts on consultancy between 1997 and 2000–01:

Data is not available for the former Customs and Excise for these years.Audited figures for HMRC for 2005–06 are not available.

Secondary information