§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the(a) number and (b) value of contracts awarded by his Department to (i) Arthur Andersen, (ii) Deloitte Touche, (ii) Ernst and Young, (iv) KPMG and (v) PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants in each year since 1997. [34998]
§ Dr. MoonieThe Ministry of Defence has awarded the following numbers of contracts to the above-named companies since 1997.
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1997 1998 1999 2000 2002 Arthur Anderson 1 0 0 1 2 Deloitte Touche 2 0 1 1 1 Ernst and Young 3 2 2 1 0 KPMG 6 6 1 13 11 PricewaterhouseCoopers 3 7 6 5 5 The values of individual contracts are withheld under Exemption 13 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information but the total values of contracts awarded to each company is approximately as follows:
£million Arthur Andersen 2.5 Deloitte Touche 1.3 Ernst and Young 1.7 KPMG 54.8 PricewaterhouseCoopers 13.9