§ Ms AbbottTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage if he will list the(a) accountancy firms and (b) merchant banks to which his Department awarded private consultancy work in 1992 and 1993, together with a list of the consultancies concerned and the amount paid.
§ Mr. SproatMy Department let the contracts shown in the chart to accountancy firms and merchant banks in 1992 and 1993. Many of these contracts were with the management consultancy arm of the firm concerned rather than their accountacy arm. The total value of these contracts to date is approximately £0.71 million.
CONSULTANT'S NAME AND CONSULTANCY DESCRIPTION
Coopers and Lybrand
- Innovation Workshop in preparation for National Seminar
Ernst and Young
- Review of Market Testing at the British Museum
- Facilities Management Survey—to review systems for the management of buildings in the 16 DNH sponsored museums and galleries
- Feasibility study into the Development of a Heritage Management Database
Hill Samuel
- Financial advice on the National Lottery (let by DNH on behalf of the Director General of the Office of the National Lottery)
KPMG
- Performance indicators—to review systems of performance management in the 16 DNH sponsored museums and galleries European Co-Production Fund Evaluation Review—to establish the results so far achieved by the Fund
- The Royal Parks Agency—development of Computerised Information Systems
Price Waterhouse
500W
- Review of the Arts Council
- Financial audit of the British Library St. Pancras Project
- Financial appraisal of new building options for DNH
Stoy Hayward
- Practical advice to the 16 DNH sponsored museums and galleries on the introduction of consolidated accounts
Touche Ross
- Review of the Television Licence Fee
- Management Review of the National Film and Television School