§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. NelsonThe record of contracts awarded by the Treasury to the companies mentioned in the question is as follows:
Company Coopers Lybrand 1991–92 1 Management Consultancy 1992–93 1 Audit Consultancy Total Value £153,000 676W
Cost overruns identified in NAO reports since November 1990 Department NAO Report Publication Date HC Ref Reason for Cost Overrun Ministry of Agriculture MAFF: Management of Works Services 17 February 1993 HC 470 Estimating procedures Customs and Excise Accommodation for HM Customs and Excise London Investigation Division Staff 10 December 1990 HC 101 Cost of operational works since 1981. The formula for calculating benefit deductions is not intended to represent any rate of return that could be obtained from investing capital.
Company Touche Ross 1991–92 1 Market Testing Consultancy 1992–93 1 Management Consultancy Total Value £87,000 Price Waterhouse 1991–92 3 Management Consultancies 1992–93 1 Management Consultancy Total Value £108,000 Ernst and Young 1991–92 1 Management Consultancy 1992–93 3 Audit Consultancies 3 Management Consultancies Total Value £219,000 KPMG 1991–92 1 Management Consultancy 1992–93 1 Management Consultancy 1 Training Consultancy Total Value £88.000 Chrichton Roberts Ltd and Leopald Joseph management consultants have not been awarded any contracts during the 1991–92 or 1992–93 financial years.
Because of the need to maintain commercially sensitive information, we have only shown the combined total value of contracts for each company for the two years in question.