§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many contracts were let by his Department and agencies for which he is responsible to(a) PWC Consulting or PricewaterhouseCoopers, (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. [33854]
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§ Dr. John ReidPayments made to each of the companies during the periods in question were as follows:
£ 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 20011 PWC Consulting/PricewaterhouseCoopers 115,829 273,705 70,853 21,982,924 126,274 Ernst & Young 0 0 5,500 5,500 0 Deloitte & Touche 39,372 133,210 155,498 2,145,743 414,962 KPMG 27,250 0 0 0 62,313 Andersen 0 0 0 0 0 1 To date. 2 This figure contains an estimate of maximum cost of an on-going contract. As no records are held centrally, there would be disproportionate costs involved in identifying the actual number of contracts let to each company.