Written question asked by David Davis (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 September 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 October 2002. It was answered by Clare Short (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 October 2002 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list external (a) public relations/communications companies, (b) advertising and marketing companies, (c) management consultancies, (d) accountancy companies, (e) banking firms, (f) individual consultants and (g) other specialist consultancies used by her Department since June 2001; what actions those consultancies/companies have performed within her Department; and what costs have been incurred through use of these consultancies/companies. - Inc figures and fact that information in format requested at disproportionate cost.

Answer: David Davis: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will list external (a) public relations/ commercial companies, (b) advertising and marketing companies, (c) management consultancies, (d) accountancy companies, (e) banking firms, (f) individual consultants and (g) other specialist consultancies used by her Department since June 2001; what actions those consultancies/companies have performed within her Department; and what cost have been incurred through use of these consultancies/ companies. [74683] Clare Short: Information in the format requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost but DFID has let consultancy contracts to a value of approximately £300 million in 2001-2002.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 390 c661W;390 c663W; 74683
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Accountancy Companies Costs Banks Consultants Expenditure Government departments Publicity Marketing Foreign and Commonwealth Office Public relations Management consultants
Contains statistics: Yes
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