§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will publish the(a) number and (b) value of contracts awarded by her Department to (i) Arthur Andersen, (ii) Deloitte Touche, (iii) Ernst and Young, (iv) KPMG and (v) PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants in each year since 1997. [34993]
§ Ms HewittInformation from the Department's systems indicate that contracts let by core DTI to PWC Consulting or PricewaterhouseCoopers are as follows:
PricewaterhouseCoopers No. Contracts Total Value £ 01 April 1999–31 March 2000 9 354,657 01 April 2000–31 March 2001 16 636,623 01 April 2001–04 January 2002 13 870,199 Contracts let by core DTI to Ernst & Young are as follows:
Ernst & Young No. Contracts Total Value £ 01 April 1999–31 March 2000 3 407,165 01 April 2000–31 March 2001 58 829,043 01 April 2001–04 January 2002 10 879,679 Contracts let by core DTI to Deloitte & Touche are as follows:
Deloitte & Touche No. Contracts Total Value £ 01 April 1999–31 March 2000 6 1,265,252 01 April 2000–31 March 2001 6 1,839,428 01 April 2001–04 January 2002 4 4,489,189 Contracts let by core DTI to KPMG are as follows:
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KPMG No. Contracts Total Value £ 01 April 1999–31 March 2000 1 11,642 01 April 2000–31 March 2001 4 30,009 01 April 2001–04 January 2002 3 92,131 Information is not held centrally for the earlier years and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
For contracts let to Andersen I would refer to the answer given to the hon. Member for East Carmarthen and Dinefwr (Adam Price) on 14 January 2002, Official Report, column 41W, where exceptionally information was given for earlier years.
The Department's Executive Agencies will be responding separately.