§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list all the computer consultancies employed by his Department and agencies, since November 1991, the tasks for which they were engaged, and the total cost to his Department.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe Employment Department group has employed a total of 299 computer consultancies involving 106 companies since November 1991, a list of these is given at annex A. The tasks for which they were engaged are listed in annex B. The total cost of these consultancies to the Department amounts to:
£ Employment Department Head Quarters (EDHQ) 4,197,139 Employment Service (ES) 5,530,503 Health and Safety Executive (HSE) 655,824 Total 10,383,466
789W
Annex A Employment department group List of computer consultancies since November 1991 Number of contracts Company ED HQ ES HSE 451 Computer Services 1 — — ACT Logsys 3 3 1 Admiral Management Services 3 1 — Amtec — 1 2 Andersons — 4 — Ansley Gutherie 1 — — Arena Resources 7 — — Ashberry 2 — — ASK Ingres 2 — — Atlantic — 4 — BIS Information Systems Ltd. 1 1 — Bull HN Information Systems Ltd. — — 1 C. Newton Associates — 1 — CAS — 1 — CCC — 1 — Class — 1 — Compel Systems Ltd. — — 2 Computer Associates — 2 — Computer People 2 — — Computer Search and Select 2 — — Comtex UK Ltd. — — 1 Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte 2 3 — CPI — 5 — CSS Trident 3 — — Data Sciences — 1 — Dataflex 1 — — DBI Associates 5 11 — Derengrove 1 — —. Digital Equipment Co. Ltd. 4 — 2 Disc Europe — — 1 E. Bingham 2 — — Easams 4 1 — EFD Total System Consultants 1 — — Elan 1 — — Emslie Phelps 2 — —
790W
Number of contracts Company ED HQ ES HSE Ernst and Young 16 2 — Executor 1 1 — FI Kernal 2 — — Franklin 1 — — Future Dimension 4 — — Hewlett Packard Ltd — — 1 HI-BROW — 1 — Hoskyns Group 3 2 2 Human Factors Consultancy 1 — — Hunterskill Limited 4 — — ICL 1 — 1 Ingres 2 1 — ISM — 3 — Keisley Harris — — 1 Kermon 1 — — Kernal Technology 2 — — Kinesis — — 3 Inference (Europe) 4 — — IQ Software 1 — — LA International 1 — — IBMS — — 1 Logica 3 — — London HCI — 1 — Look Systems 1 — — Lorien 4 3 — M Brookes 1 — — Marcol 2 — — Michael Gore — 1 — MSW — — 3 Myriad — 4 — Novatek Limited 1 — — Olivetti 1 — — Oracle — 1 3 PA Consulting 3 6 — Pactum 1 — — PE International 7 — — Perfect Recall 2 — — Portfolio Systems Ltd 1 — — Price Waterhouse 1 4 — Prospective Technica 1 1 — Puretrans 1 — — Quadraton 13 — — Quality Projects — — 2 Quando — 1 — RCMS — — 1 South Yorks SAT Systems — 1 — Sapphire — 2 — SBS — 2 — Scientific and Business Systems 8 — — Sema Group 1 2 — Sheffield Hallam — 1 — SIA Langton Ltd 1 — — Silkglade 2 — — Software Sciences — 1 — Span Computer Contracts 2 — — Staffwise 2 — — System Applied Technology 1 — — Tailor Made Software — 1 — Tamar Computer Services 1 — — Task Force — 1 — Traid 2 — — Trainvalue 1 — — Trident 1 — — Unicorn Training Partnership 2 1 — UNIX System Labs — 1 — Xentec Limited 4 .— — V Keehan 1 — — VNG — 2 — World Systems — 2 — WS Atkins 1 — — Yale Data 16 — — Total 184 87 28
Annex B Employment Department Group List of tasks undertaken by computer consultants since November 1991 Task ED HQ ES HSE Analysis and programming * * — Audit — — * Contract advice — — * Data management — * — Database management/administration * — — Evaluation — — * Hardware testing — * — Help desk — * — Human computer interface — * — Infrastructure — * — IT strategy consultancy/advice * * * Market testing — * — Micro installation — * — Networking — * — Plans review — * — Procurement — * — Project management * — * Project review — * — Project support — * — Quality assurance analysis * * — Quality assurance analysis * — — Quality audit — * — Risk assessment — * — Scoping study — * — Security — * — Service level agreements — * — Service management — * — Software development — * — System analysis * — — System design/development * * * System testing — * — Technical accountancy * — — Technical authorship * — — Technical training * * — Telecomms — * — TPM — — — Unit costing — * — Voice cabling — * —