Written question asked by Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 13 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 January 2004. It was answered by Hilary Benn (Labour) on Monday, 26 January 2004 on behalf of the Department for International Development.

Dept for International Development

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to his Answer of 12th January 2004, 415 c518W, on the Adam Smith Institute, how much his Department has spent on work undertaken by the Adam Smith Institute in each of the last 10 years. - Including table.

Answer: Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to his answer of 12 January 2004, Official Report, column 518W, on the Adam Smith Institute, how much his Department has spent on work undertaken by the Adam Smith Institute in each of the last 10 years. [148671] Hilary Benn: Information on payments is only available for the last six years. Payments to Adam Smith International Ltd. were as follows: Adam Smith International Ltd. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ 1998 1,547,082.92 1999 3,494,546.98 2000 5,450,964.35 2001 9,612,801.56 2002 7,050,473.82 2003 7,289,363.19 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The above does not include payment data for any lower value locally let contracts. This information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 417 c15-6W; 148671
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Contracts Department for International Development Expenditure Research Adam Smith Institute Think tanks
Contains statistics: Yes
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