HC Deb 01 March 2002 vol 380 cc1571-2W
Matthew Taylor

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment(a) his Department and (b) the Office of Government Commerce has made of which companies are the leading suppliers of professional services to Government Departments by (i) value and (ii) number; and if he will make a statement. [38112]

Mr. Andrew Smith

The National Audit Office report Purchasing Professional Services published in April 2001 identified the leading 25 suppliers of professional services to Government Departments and the level of spend with those companies. A copy of the report is in the Library.

Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library the minutes of the large corporates forum on 28 September 2001; and for what reason they were(a) first published on and (b) then removed from the Inland Revenue website. [38396]

Dawn Primarolo

The minutes of the 28 September 2001 meeting of the large corporates forum are available on the Inland Revenue website. I have arranged for a copy to be placed in the House of Commons Library. A draft version was released for publication in error before it had been finalised. This was removed and later replaced by the final version.