HC Deb 26 February 1993 vol 219 cc719-20W
Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list the contracts awarded by her 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. Michael Forsyth

Information in the precise form requested is available only at disproportionate cost. However, I am able to provide some limited information relating to contracts for 1992–93.

Coopers and Lybrand Management Consultants

  • Two contracts for Management of Change seminars following a review of the Department's Training Enterprise and Education Directorate.
  • Five contracts related to case studies and evaluation for learning initiatives and aspects of training.
  • A socio-economic overview towards a co-ordinated strategy for the Department's Office for Wales.
  • A review of the implications of contracting out to Careers Service providers.
  • Three contracts related to market testing in some branches of the Department.

Touche-Ross Management Consultants

  • Advice on aspects of market testing for part of the Department
  • Two contracts related to dissemination of information for flexible and open learning.

Price Waterhouse Management Consultants

  • Four Contracts related to some organisational issues in the Department's Training, Enterprise and Education Directorate, the Employment Service and Training Enterprise Councils (TECs).
  • Consultancy on tax issues arising from budget proposals

Ernst and Young Management Consultants

  • Three contracts related to strategy reviews and evaluation for information systems and TECs.
  • Four contracts related to market testing in some branches of the Department.

Chrichton Roberts Ltd.

  • None.

KPMG Management Consultants

  • A review of the training development arrangements in the Department's Training, Enterprise and Education Directorate.
  • A feasibility study on output related funding for TECs.
  • Two contracts related to market testing in two divisions of the Department.
  • A study of the distribution of the Health and Safety Executive publications.
  • A review of the roles and functions SEOs/business managers in the Department.
  • Two contracts for production and dissemination of extensions for manuals on key skills for the training of trainers.
  • Presentation of a training workshop on agencies.
  • Consultancy on a corporate plan for the Department's staff development branch.

Leopold Joseph Management Consultants

  • None.

Details of costs cannot be disclosed for reasons of commercial confidentiality.

Ms. Mowlam

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

Mr. Michael Forsyth

The information is not available except at disproportionate cost.