§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list for each of the last five years, the cost to public funds of consultancy work provided by(a) KPMG Peat Marwick, (b) Touche Ross, (c) Price Waterhouse, (d) Ernst and Young, (e) CSL, (f) Prime, (g) Basis, (h) Theodore Goddard, (i) Dibb Lupton Broomhead, (j) Capita and (k) Shreeveport to her Department; and if she will list any other firms which have provided consultancy work and the costs to public funds for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. SackvilleFor reasons of confidentiality, and in order to obtain value for money in the future, we are unable to list the specific costs of the consultancies concerned and the amounts paid as this would breach contractual agreements and jeopardise future value for money. The Department however, has spent the following amounts from running costs on consultancy since its establishment as a separate Department.
- 1990–91 £18,398,000
- 1991–92 £24,258,000
- 1992–93 £18,399,000
- 1993–94 £15,933,037
Information on national health service consultancy expenditure is not available centrally.