To ask the Scottish Executive how much public money was paid to the consultants HACAS Exchequer Services to conduct the feasibility study on stock transfer in Glasgow completed in March 1999; how much public money was paid to the consultants Ernst & Young for their March 2000 report on stock transfer, and whether these reports represented value for money. £186,000 was paid to HACAS Exchequer Services for its study on the feasibility of housing transfer.