§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list
Fees paid Accountancy firm Subject of consultancy 1974 1975 1976 £ £ £ Arthur Andersen & Co.* The upgrading of hospital stock … … 10,000 16,000 Nil Arthur Andersen & Co. Management information system for post-contract control of health building. 1,400 12,900 9,600 Peat Marwick & Mitchell and Co.* Pathological laboratory simulation model at University Hospital of Wales and Poole General Hospital. 7,200 4,400 Nil Cooper and Lybrand Associates. To renew and update stage III of 1971–72 costing study of pathology laboratories in the NHS. Nil 1,000 Nil * Although these companies' main activity is accountancy they were employed in these two instances for their expertise in operational research. The studies were not of a nature which would normally be thought of as accounting studies.