§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the total cost to her Department was of the use of external consultants in each of the last four years. [35025]
§ Clare ShortDFID expenditure on consultancies from the development programme over the past four financial years is given in the table:
£ million 1997–98 204 1998–99 199 1999–2000 198 2000–01 209
Financial Year 1997–98 Financial Year 1998–99 Consultant New contracts Value £ Cost billed to DFID for all current contracts New contracts Value £ Cost billed to DFID for all current contracts PricewaterhouseCoopers 28 5,575,135 14,910,760 38 11,193,643 12,158,276 Ernst &Young 9 445,792 444,823 15 838,429 734,951 Deloitte & Touche 1 4,185 54,815 5 269,070 36,852 KPMG 19 7,104,728 3,317,440 17 2,548,237 4,087,979 Arthur Andersen 0 0 0 3 24,558,244 2,745,702
Financial Year 1999–2000 Financial Year 2000–01 Financial Year 2001–021 Consultant New contracts Value £ Cost billed to DFID for all current contracts New contracts Value £ Cost billed to DFID for all current contracts New contracts Value £ Cost billed to DFID for all current contracts PricewaterhouseCoopers 42 13,405,142 1,012,668 31 19,018,515 16,252,770 21 3,075,210 11,014,066 Ernst £Young 6 286,800 531,170 1 11,610 57,636 5 43,023 47,614 Deloitte £ Touche 6 749,262 184,577 9 8,478,352 1,481,185 6 633,884 1,733,079 KPMG 23 12,773,757 3,097,485 17 4,700,110 5,626,769 15 2,185,931 3,977,785 Arthur Andersen 1 27,724 6,655,157 1 83,721 6,616,784 2 114,162 5,528,055