§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the cost to his Department of employing management or computer consultants for each year from 1983 to 1987.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe cost to the Department of employing management or computer consultants for each financial year from 1984–85 to 1987–88 is given in the table.
£ 1984–85 69,300 1985–86 105,847 1986–87 229,842 1987–88 328,677 Similar information for 1983–84 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract extant in his Department as at 1 January 1987, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.
§ Mrs. RumboldThe following contracts to management or computer consultancy firms were extant in the Department as at 1 January 1987:
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Name of Firm Assignment CCTA Education Information Study Deloittes. Haskins and Sells Financial management advice and assistance to the University Grants Committee. Deloittes, Haskins and Sells Review of audit controls over teachers' pensions (payments and contributions. Loughborough Consultants Ltd Analysis of universities' responses to the Jarratt report. Spicer and Peglar Associates Assessment of Data Envelopment Analysis as a technique for comparing education performance.
Name of Firm Assignment Butler Cox Office Systems Strategy Study