HC Deb 04 April 1989 vol 150 cc4-5W
Sir Ian Gilmour

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a table, on the same basis as his reply to the then hon. Member for Kensington,Official Report, 3 December 1985, columns 173–4, showing the rates of child benefit, single person's tax allowance and married man's allowance at current and at 1979 prices, in April each year from 1979 to 1989.

Mr. Lawson

The information is in the table.

Firm Assignments
Comshare Operational planning system
Coopers and Lybrand Board's information system
Deloitte Haskins & Sells Personnel information development
E O S Y S Ernst & Whinney Local office technology system VAT visit assistant expert system Mini strategy study Personnel information system
Essex & City Computers PLC Data capture system
FCMC PLC Ferranti Computer Systems Ltd. Personnel information development Customs entries—post clearance adjustments
Hoskyns Hunterskill South CHIEF Registry computerisation
ICL Senior collectorate information Networking Documentation and planning program VME performance
Inforem Gaming machine licence system Local area networks
Kerman Associates GDN implementation
Logica Integrated tariff
Mindworks Partnership Investigation division operational planning system
Firm Assignments
NCC CBT training study
Octagon Telephone initiative study
PA Consultants Project management: CHIEF
PACTEL CHIEF
Peat Marwick & McLintock Activity costing study Budget data capture Accounting controls
Praxis Budget and manpower planning system
Regional Software & Support Services Computer ordering and account systems
RPT Computer Installation Limited Cabling requirements
SPI Limited Operational planning systems
System designers Management information systems
Touche Ross Operational planning systems Reliability study: mainframes
University of Bath Application of the financial management initiative
University of Bristol Report on monitoring VAT
Welcome Software Technology Database study
Yale Data CHIEF

Mr. Tim Smith

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount spent by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1988 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases; and if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1988, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.

Mr. Lilley

In 1988 total HMSO expenditure for these purposes was £230,000. Contracts awarded during 1988 were:

Firm Subject of assignment
Metron Technology Limited Capacity planning for mainframe computers
MCP Management Consultants Development of revised remuneration scheme
Touche Ross Management Consultants Review of customer coding system

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