§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total value of contracts awarded by his headquarters contracts branches to(a) Price Waterhouse, (b) EDS Defence Ltd. and EDS Scicon Defence Ltd., (c) Coopers and Lybrand, (d) Touche Ross Management Consultants and Touche Ross and Company and (e) Andersen Consulting for (i) 1992–93 and (ii) 1993–94.
§ Mr. FreemanThe value of contracts placed with these companies by my Department's central contracts branches is as follows:
1992–93 Company name Total value £ million Touche Ross Management Consultants and Touche Ross and Company 0.6 Andersen Consulting 0.2 Coopers and Lybrand 9.7 Price Waterhouse 0.2
1993–4 Company name Total value £ million Touche Ross Management Consultants and Touche Ross and Company 0.05 Andersen Consulting 0.2 Coopers and Lybrand 2.4 Price Waterhouse 1.3 No contracts have been placed by the central contracts branch with EDS Defence Ltd. or EDS Scicon Defence Ltd. over the periods in question.
The figures given relate only to contracts let by my Department's central contracts branches. They exclude lower value contracts placed by individual budget holders, details of which are not held centrally.
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