§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list all consultants engaged by(a) the Driving Standards Agency, (b) the Vehicle Inspectorate and (c) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency over the last two years, the services that they provided and the cost.
§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list, by agency, all consultants or other advisers engaged to assist in market-testing work; and if he will list the nature of their work and the cost to date.
§ Mr. KeyThe information requested is given in the table. It includes all the items in the competing for quality programmes of the Department's agencies, including contracting out and privatisation.
Expenditure to 31 March 1994 £000s, excl. VAT Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: CSL (support for in-house bids) 83 Touche Ross (support for client side and strategy advice) 152 Prime (support for client side and strategy advice) 215 Capita (support for in-house bids) 44 Driving Standards Agency: Shreeveport (support for in-house bids) — Basis (support for client side) 20 DVOIT: KPMG Peat Marwick (financial advice) 553 Theodore Goddard (legal advice) 317 Dibb Lupton Broomhead (legal advice) 227 Price Waterhouse (reporting accountants) 91 CSL (customer advice) 37 Ernst & Young (customer advice) 106
Significant Causes of Passenger Fatalities on the Raliways—1983 to 1993 Year Falling out of Carriages Falling from Platform Train Collisions Entering/Alighting Other Passenger Non-Movement 1983 13 4 — 5 — 1984 14 3 5 3 — 1985 16 6 — 6 — 1986 12 6 — 3 — 28 1987 26 — — 5 (Kings Cross) 34 1988 19 5 (Clapham) 5 — 1989 19 1 6 2 — 1990 19 10 — 2 — 1991–92 19 8 2 3 — 1992–93 9 8 — 3 1 Total 166 51 47 37 29 Note:
The publication of accident information changed from calendar to financial years from 1 April 1991.