To ask the Scottish Executive whether consultants were hired to deal with the implementation of the interim route development fund; if so, which consultants were hired and by whom; what the cost of each consultancy was in terms of fees and tendering process, and what specification was imposed in the agreed contract Scottish Enterprise, which is administering the Interim Route Development Fund on behalf of the Executive, hired the following consultants to support the fund after advertising/tendering in the Official Journal of the European Communities:Aviasolutions to act as project managersYork Aviation to prepare an economic evaluation of routesBooz Allen Hamilton to prepare a strategic study.The terms of these contracts, including the fees, are commercially confidential.