§ Ms Glenda JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will update his answer to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) of 14 July 1994,Official Report, column 724–27, to show for all consultants and other outside organisations or individuals currently or previously employed by his Department for advice or assistance in rail privatisation (a) the name of the consultancy, organisation or individual (b) the length of the contract offered to each consultancy, organisation or individual, (c) the total amount inclusive of VAT paid to date to each consultancy, organisation or individual, (d) the total amount inclusive of VAT expected to be paid to each consultancy, organisation or individual, and (e) the services required by his Department from each consultancy, organisation or individual; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WattsInformation about payments to individual contractors is commercially confidential.
Payments made to consultants currently or previously employed by the Department total £22.5 million.
128WConsultants currently employed by the Department are:
Organisation Linklaters and Paines Legal advice Freshfields Legal advice Samuel Montagu Merchant banking Hambros SG Warburg KPMG Peat Marwick Accountancy and taxation Ernst and Young Accountancy Price Waterhouse Accountancy Shandwick Marketing Gresham Marketing Ernst and Young Information systems Richard Ellis Property matters Sedgwick Insurance Brodies Advice on Scots law Travers Morgan Advice on BR/Railtrack infrastructure contracts Ernst and Young Advice on BR infrastructure contracts and sales Consultants previously employed by the Department are:
Organisation Arthur D Little Research Coopers and Lybrand Access and access charging Mercer Management Freight and Franchising Norman Broadbent Recruitment Putnam Hayes and Bartlett Access and access charging Debenham Tewson and Chinnocks Property matters NERA Regulatory matters Deloitte Haskins and Sells Industry structure Dewe Rogerson Marketing Contracts for consultancy advice are normally offered on an on-going basis with provision for the Department to terminate the contract.