§ Mr. Tim Smithasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the contracts, with the subject of the assignment, awarded to management consultancy or accounting firms by his Department in 1986, with the name of the consultants concerned.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe Department awarded five contracts to management and accountancy firms during the 1986 calendar year, as follows:
Name of Firm and Assignment
Arthur Young
- Provision of advice as part of the Department's financial management review of the Secondary Examinations Council and School Curriculum Development Committee
Deloitte, Haskins and Sells
- Consultancy support for the audit of the Department's data processing operational controls.
Deloitte, Haskins and Sells
- Financial management advice and assistance to the University Grants Committee.
Butler Cox & Partners Ltd
- Development of an integrated Office Systems Strategy.
Touche Ross & Co.
- Production of the long form report for the sale of part of the Plant Breeding Institute and the National Seed Development Organisation.