Vol. 470 No. 7
257 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications if he will provide details of expenditure on consultancy in his Department in 1995 or the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will provide an analysis of this expenditure as a proportion of staffing and administration costs. [19725/96]
258 Mr. S. Ryan asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications if he will give details of the overall expenditure on consultancy by his Department in each of the years 1985, 1990 and 1995, or the most recent year for which completed figures are available; and if he 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. 257 and 258 together.
Since the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications was formed in 1993 the cost of consultants engaged and paid under Subhead A7: Consultancies, in each year and as a percentage of overall staffing and administration costs is as follows:
|
Year |
Amount |
As a % of staffing costs |
As a % administration costs |
|
£000 |
% |
% |
|
|
1993 |
485 |
3.5 |
1.2 |
|
1994 |
746 |
5 |
3.5 |
|
1995 |
2,419 |
15 |
10.6 |
