§ Mr. BaconTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total professional fees were for the Treasury Building PFI deal, broken down by(a) payer and (b) payee. [57829]
§ Ruth Kelly[holding answer 22 May 2002]: Further to my right hon. Friend the former Chief Secretary's reply to the hon. Member on 5 February 2002, Official Report, column 840W, the total professional fees paid by Exchequer Partnership and HMT to date are as follows:
(i) Professional fees paid by EP to date total £22.08 million. £6.968 million of these fees were accounted for in the earlier reply. Of the remaining £15.112 million, the major payees were Foster and Partners (architects) £5.68 million, Waterman Partnership (structural engineers) £1.63 million, Jaros Baum and Bolles (mechanical and electrical engineers) £1.57 million, Hanscomb (quantity surveyors) £1.48 million and Stanhope plc (property developers) £1.47 million.
(ii) Professional fees payable by HMT to date total £3.223 million and were payable to the firms listed in the table. Of this sum, £2.637 million was accounted for in the earlier answer.
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