§ Mr. StreeterTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list the 20 United Kingdom companies which have received(a) the largest number of technical co-operation consultancy contracts and (b) the highest value technical co-operation consultancy contracts with her Department in the last financial year. [85965]
§ Clare ShortThe tables list details of contracts let in the UK by DFID for 1998–99, namely:
(a) the 20 companies which have been awarded the largest number of technical co-operation contracts.
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Company Number of contracts The British Council 78 Natural Resources International Ltd. 48 Health and Life Sciences Partnership 46 Options Consultancy Services 43 International Family Health 34 Institute for Health Sector Development 33 International Institute for Environmental Development 25 Oxford Policy Management 25 Bannock Consulting 24
Company Number of contracts Overseas Development Institute 23 London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 22 Centre for Development Studies 21 Crown Agents 20 Office for National Statistics 19 Empower 18 PricewaterhouseCoopers 15 Wolverhampton Polytraining Ltd. 15 Institute of Development Studies 14 KPMG 14 HR Wallingford 12 (b) the 20 highest value consultancy contracts awarded to companies.
£ Company Value Population Services International 11,021,782 Hunting Technical Services Ltd. 9,000,000 Joint Education Trust/Crown Agents/Independent Training and Education Centre 7,281,036 The British Council 7,281,036 The British Council 5,446,527 Arthur Anderson 4,996,560 Maxwell Stamp PLC 3,968,933 The British Council 3,385,276 Hunting Technical Services Ltd. 3,322,325 Helm Corporation 2,905,676 National Economic Research Associates 2,747,985 The British Council 2,622,497 Crown Agents 2,500,000 The British Council 2,433,080 LTS International 2,380,948 University of Birmingham 2,307,824 Institute for Health Sector Development Ltd. 2,226,330 Hunting Technical Services Ltd. 2,051,903 BBC Marshall Plan of the Mind Trust (BBC MPM Ltd.) 2,028,529 The British Council 1,946,400