1.43 The FCO appointed all of their principal external advisors following fully competitive processes. They did not set budgets for the advisors at the outset of the project because they considered that the project was then at too early a stage to set meaningful overall budgets. They set budgets and monitored outturn on an annual basis. The FCO budgeted to spend £2.9 million over the period 1996-97 to 1999-2000, and the total spent was £1.7 million (Figure 10).
Advisors' Costs |
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| The FCO spent £1.7 million on advisors to the Berlin Embassy project | |
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| Actual Costs £000 |
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| Property and management advisors - Chesterton | 302 |
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| Legal advisors - Dibb Lupton Alsop | 842 |
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| Financial advisors - Greenwich Nat West | 272 |
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| Project management advisors - Schal | 218 |
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| Tax advisors - Ernst and Young | 66 |
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| Others | 40 |
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| Total | 1,740 |
Source: The FCO |
| Note: These figures are inclusive of expenses. | |