Consultants (Hansard, 13 July 1995)

§ Mr. Milburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will indicate which five consultancy firms have received most contracts from his Department by(a) number of contracts and (b) monetary value in the last five years for which figures are available. [33440]

§ Mr. Sackville
Information on the total number of contracts let to consultancy firms by this Department over the past five years could be provided only at disproportionate cost. By total monetary value, since 1993, the first year that such figures exist, the five leading consultancy firms are as follows:

PA Consulting and its subsidiaries

CSS Trident plc

Touch Ross and Co

Siemens Nixdorf

C International Ltd.

§ Mr. Milburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much have(a) health authorities and (b) trusts spent on consultancy services in each year since 1992, by region. [34166]

§ Mr. Sackville
This information is not available centrally.

§ Mr. Austin Mitchell
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many contract and for what total sum were let out by his Department and agencies for which it is responsible to(a) Coopers and Lybrand and its subsidiaries, (b) Peat Marwick and its subsidiaries, (c) Ernst and Young and its subsidiaries, (d) Arthur Andersen and its subsidiaries, (e) Price Waterhouse and its subsidiaries, (f) Grant Thornton and its subsidiaries, (g) Stoy Hayward and its subsidiaries, (h) Robson Rhodes and its subsidiaries and (i) Pannell Kerr Forster and its subsidiaries for privatisation, marketing testing, management advice, accounting, audit, consultancy and other services in 1993–94 and 1994–95. [33911]

§ Mr. Sackville
Information regarding the total number of contracts let by this Department and agencies for which it is responsible is not available centrally. The total sums paid to those firms listed in 1993–94 and 1994–95 are as follows:

1993–94 £ 1994–95£

Coopers and Lybrand and its subsidiaries 426,942 387,875

Peat Marwick and its subsidiaries 240,513 259,212

Ernst and Young and its subsidiaries 106,904 35,919

Arthur Andersen and its subsidiaries nil nil

Price Waterhouse and its subsidiaries 434,354 191,955

Grant Thornton and its subsidiaries 118 nil

755W

1993–94 £ 1994–95 £

Stoy Hayward and its subsidiaries 150 nil

Robson Rhodes and its subsidiaries nil nil

Pannell Kerr Forster and its subsidiaries 200 400

	1993–94 £	1994–95£
Coopers and Lybrand and its subsidiaries	426,942	387,875
Peat Marwick and its subsidiaries	240,513	259,212
Ernst and Young and its subsidiaries	106,904	35,919
Arthur Andersen and its subsidiaries	nil	nil
Price Waterhouse and its subsidiaries	434,354	191,955
Grant Thornton and its subsidiaries	118	nil

	1993–94 £	1994–95 £
Stoy Hayward and its subsidiaries	150	nil
Robson Rhodes and its subsidiaries	nil	nil
Pannell Kerr Forster and its subsidiaries	200	400