asked the Minister for Health if he will state, in tabular form, the total sum spent by his Department on outside professional consultancies of all kinds in each of the years 1970 to date.
Written Answers. - Professional Consultancies.
616.
The information requested by the Deputy is as follows:
£ |
|
1970 |
55,400 |
1971 |
25,570 |
1972 |
50,439 |
1973 |
Nil |
1974 |
55,744 |
1975 |
19,000 |
1976 |
30,722 |
1977 |
45,086 |
1978 |
223,639 |
1979 |
355,249 |
1980 |
449,329 |
1981 |
435,484 |
1982 |
438,155 |
*1983 |
799,651 |
*1984 |
767,784 |
*The amounts for 1983 and 1984 include figures of £380,345 and £643,899 respectively, in respect of payments made to computer software firms for systems installation.