Written question asked by Anne Milton (Conservative) on Monday, 8 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 10 March 2010. It was answered by Phil Hope (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 April 2010 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Departmental Public Expenditure

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2010, Official Report, column 1399W, on home care services: finance, what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on (a) administration and (b) management consultants in 2009-10.

Answer: The Department's administration budget does not meet all the costs of administering major programmes funded from the Department's central budgets.The Department's administration budget for 2009-10 was set out in the spring supplementary estimates at £218 million. The spring supplementary estimates are available on the HM Treasury website at:"www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/d/springsupps0910_doh.pdf"Data on the estimated spend by the Department on management consultants for 2009-10 are not available in the format requested. Information for the full year 2009-2010 will be published in due course, after it has been validated.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 508 c1316-7W; 321610
Session: 2009-10
Related items: Home Care Services: Finance
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Public expenditure Department of Health
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk