HC Deb 28 February 2002 vol 380 cc1437-9W
Mr. Don Foster

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many contracts were let by his Department and agencies for which he is responsible to(a) PWC Consulting or PricewaterhouseCoopers,

HM Treasury including DMO
Spend £ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Andersen nil nil nil £49,350 £15,275
Deloitte & Touche nil £411 nil nil £91,473
Ernst & Young £9,928 £156,144 £122,800 nil nil
KPMG £52,876 £5,875 £268,775 £41,125 nil
PricewaterhouseCoopers £46,903 £87,773 £356,513 £462,251 £19,892

Office of Government Commerce including OGC Buying Solutions
Spend £ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Andersen Consulting nil nil nil nil nil
Deloitte & Touche nil nil nil nil nil
Ernst & Young nil nil nil nil nil
KPMG £138,000 £117,000 £110,000 261,000 £85,000
PricewaterhouseCoopers nil nil nil nil nil

HM Customs & Excise
Spend £ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Accenture plc £57,479 £6,181,215
Andersen Consulting £245,340
Deloitte & Touche £161,301 £248,503 £231,791 £876,061 £38,748
Ernst & Young £357,450 £397,528 £108,256 £253,153 £215,748
KPMG £37,167 £282,528 £255,856 £214,190 £1,237,316
PricewaterhouseCoopers £153,204 £207,495 £243,254 £111,356

Inland Revenue
Spend £ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Information for these years can only be provided at disproportionate cost
Andersen nil nil
Deloitte & Touche nil £2,115
Ernst & Young/Cap Gemini £1,937,237 £1,673,971
KPMG £92,500 nil
PricewaterhouseCoopers £141,101 £190,372

The Valuation Office—Executive Agency of the Inland Revenue

No contracts have been let by this agency during the period in question

The Royal Mint including Audit Work
Spend £ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Andersen nil nil nil nil nil
Deloitte & Touche nil nil nil nil nil
Ernst & Young nil nil nil nil nil
KPMG nil nil nil nil nil
PricewaterhouseCoopers £99,000 £58,000 £57,000 £137,000 £51,000

(b) Ernst & Young, (c) Deloitte & Touche, (d) KPMG and (e) Andersen for consultancy services for the financial years (i) 1997–98, (ii) 1998–99, (iii) 1999–2000, (iv) 2000–01 and (v) 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, indicating the remuneration in each case. [33840]

Ruth Kelly

The following information and tables provide the information required in the form in which the Chancellor's Departments and agencies have been able to compile it, without having to incur disproportionate costs.

Office of National Statistics
Spend £ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Andersen Consulting nil nil nil nil nil
Deloitte & Touche £14,687 nil nil £699 £15
Ernst & Young nil nil nil £50 nil
KPMG £44,325 £472,769 £44,325 £251,876 £191,296
PricewaterhouseCoopers nil £581 nil £2,198 nil

National Savings
Spend £ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02
Andersen Consulting nil £14,000 nil nil nil
Deloitte &Touche nil £56,000 £799,000 £570,000 £420,000
Ernst &Young nil nil nil nil nil
KPMG £518,000 £999,000 nil nil nil
PricewaterhouseCoopers £15,000 £310,000 £32,000 £43,000 nil

Government Actuaries Department

Have not dealt with any of the companies in question for the years mentioned.