Vol. 470 No. 7
154 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education if she will provide details of expenditure on consultancy in her Department in 1995 or the most recent year for which figures are available; and if she will provide an analysis of this expenditure as a proportion of staffing and administration costs. [19725/96]
155 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Education if she will give details of the overall expenditure on consultancy by her Department in each of the years 1985, 1990 and 1995, or the most recent year for which completed figures are available; and if she will provide an analysis of these figures as a proportion of overall staffing and administration costs for each of these years. [19726/96]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 154 and 155 together.
The overall expenditure on consultancy services in each of the years mentioned together with this expenditure as a proportion of overall staffing and administration costs is given in the following table:
|
Year |
(1) Consultancy Costs |
(2) Staffing and Admin. Costs |
(1) as % of (2) |
|
1985 |
£100,541 |
£15,225,935 |
0.66% |
|
1990 |
£178,862 |
£20,015,918 |
0.89% |
|
1995 |
£201,305 |
£26,197,636 |
0.77% |
|
Service |
Amount £ |
|
Information Technology |
82,261 |
|
Financial Management |
55,714 |
|
Strategic Management |
12,705 |
|
Disadvantaged Education |
10,500 |
|
ESF Youthreach |
16,032 |
|
Communications Study |
8,017 |
|
White Paper |
3,346 |
|
Post Primary |
405 |
|
Student Support |
3,146 |
|
External Staff Relations Study |
3,179 |
|
Total |
201,305 |
