(1) Whether his department has made use of any consultants during the period 1 April 2005 to 30 June 2009; if so, (a) how many (i) consultants and (ii) consultancies were used in each financial year, (b) what were their names in each case, (c) what amounts were paid in each financial year to each (i) consultant and (ii) consultancy and (d) who are the directors of the various consultancies that his department has made use of during the period 1 April 2005 to 30 June 2009; (2) whether any of these consultants and consultancies were formerly in the employ of his department; if so, (a) who are these persons, (b) why did they leave the employ of his department and (c) what was the salary scale of each specified person at the time that he or she left the employ of his department?