§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of state for Trade and Industry how much has been spent by the administration section of the Export Credits Guarantee Department under code B4 (Grant and transfers: current) in the appropriation accounts on IT expenditure in the last five financial years; how much was paid to each IT company; What the nature of the project was; and if she will make a statement. [54361]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 8 May 2002]: Details of amounts of money paid to individual companies are commercially confidential. I have listed ECGD's total spend on IT for each financial year 1997–98 to 2001–01 and broken the total down into five areas of expenditure. Copies are available in the Library. Also provided are the names of the companies employed by ECGD to provide IT services in those years and an outline of the services provided. I have not included figures for 2001–02 as these have yet to be audited.
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§ Dr. CableTo ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been spent by the administration section of the Export Credits Guarantee Department under code B4 (Grant and transfers: current) in the appropriation accounts on consultancy fees in the last five financial years; how much was paid to each consultancy company; what the nature was of the project in each year; and if she will make a statement. [54358]
§ Ms Hewitt[holding answer 8 May 2002]: Details of amounts of money paid to individual companies are commercially confidential. I have listed ECGD's total spend on consultancy for each of the financial years 1997–98 to 2000–01, the names of the companies or individuals employed by ECGD as consultants in those years and an outline of the service provided. Figures for 2001–02 have not been included as these have yet to be audited.
Year 1997–98: Consultancy spend £146,501.71 Company or individual Service provided C.O.I. Publications CDR International Training Coda plc Accountancy Doyle Clutton Associates Accountancy Four Acre Accountants Ltd. Accountancy French Thornton Change Management Consultancy Hays Accountancy Personnel Recruitment Idon Ltd. Training KPMG CHAPS Recruitment Marketing Improvements Group plc Customer Survey Pricewaterhouse Coopers Review of Aircraft Finance Practice Record Currency Management Ltd. Training Standard and Poors NY Corporate Risk Consultancy
Year 1998–99: Consultancy spend £331,821.49 Company or individual Service provided David Parker Translation Emslie Phelps Training Environmental Resources Management Environment Policy Consultancy French Thornton Change Management Consultancy IBM UK Ltd. IT Services KPMG Internal Audit Consultancy Lavant Consulting Ltd. Business Adviser Marketing Improvements Group Customer Survey Rimell Associates IT Services Standard and Poor's Rating Group Risk Management Consultancy Standard and Poor's NY Risk Management Consultancy
Year 1999–2000: Consultancy spend £514,649.98 Company or individual Service provided CMG (UK) Ltd. IT Services David Parker Translation Deloitte and Touche Accountancy Emslie Phelps Training Ernst and Young Risk Management Jean Caines Press and public Relations Consultancy KPMG Risk Management Review National Economic Research Assocs Economic Rationale Review Record Currency Management Ltd. Financial Risk Management Standard and Poors Rating Group Training
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Year 2000–01: Consultancy spend £757,681.14 Company or individual Service provided Alan Brown Risk Management Atalink Ltd. Publications Berry Palmer and Lyle Ltd. Active Portfolio Management Project C.O.I. Publications CMG (UK) Ltd. IT Services
Year 2000–01: Consultancy spend £757,681.14 Company or individual Service provided Coda Group Holdings Ltd. Financial Deloitte and Touche Accountancy Dion Durrell and Associates Ltd. Active Portfolio Management Project Hays Accountancy Personnel Recruitment National Economic Research Assocs. Economic Rationale Review Record Currency Management Ltd. Financial Risk Management Risk Control Ltd. Risk Management Small Computer Company Training