§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many contracts and for what total sum were let out by her Department or agencies for which it is responsible to(a) Coopers and Lybrand (b) KPMG Peat Marwick, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) Price Waterhouse, (e) Arthur Andersen, (f) Touche Ross, (g) Grant Thornton, (h) Robson Rhodes and (i) Pannell Kerr Forster for (i) privatisation, (ii) market testing, (iii) management advice (iv) accounting, (v) audit, (vi) consultancy and (vii) any other services in 1980 to 1983, 1984 to 1987, 1988 to 1991 and 1992–1993.
§ Mr. SackvilleI refer the hon. Member to the reply my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Social Security (Mr. Hague) gave him on 24 June,Official Report, columns 342–44, for information prior to 1992–93, which includes information on health projects.
Information for 1992–93 is not available centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.