HC Deb 23 February 1993 vol 219 cc492-3W
Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the contracts awarded by his Department to(a) Coopers and Lybrand management consultants, (b) Touche Ross management consultants, (c) Price Waterhouse management consultants, (d) Ernst and Young management consultants, (e) Chrichton Roberts Ltd., (f) KPMG management consultants and (g) Leopold Joseph management consultants, with the total cost of the contracts with each contractor, for (i) the past 12 months and (ii) 1991–92.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

Details of the contracts awarded by my Department during the past 12 months and for 1991–92 to the specified companies are as follows:

Consultant 1991–92 1992–93 Total value
Coopers and Lybrand Restructuring of HMIC Matrix Triple CJS Pilots Project
Market Testing Review
PSIF MIS Project £420,000
Touche Ross Consultancy work for catering contract Consultancy work for catering contract
Study into effective shift systems for the Police Service Immigration service survey of staff attitudes
Survey into motivation amongst police constables Review of shiftworking patterns in the Immigration Service
Spectrum sizing survey
TAC Project £332,713
Price Waterhouse Systems Review —
Systems Review
Marketing Survey: Police activity sampling
Mass software project £2,758,387
Ernst and Young Validation of IT Strategy Police roles and responsibilities
Court Escort: area survey Value and vision for the Prison Service
Consultancy assistance in ensuring VFM from the Court Escort Service ICL Domain Review
PROMIS Spits Survey
Holmes Project —
Chrichton Roberts Ltd. — — —
KPMG Review of financial arrangements for the funding of Regional Crime Squad in England and Wales Study for PNCO £81,250
Leopold Joseph — — —

Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many contracts for consultancies were awarded to his Department over(a) the last 12 months and (b) 1991–92.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The number of contracts for consultancies awarded by my Department for the last 12 months was 113 and for 1991–92 the number was 202.