§ David DavisTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list external(a) public relations/communications companies, (b) advertising and marketing companies,(c) management consultancies (d) accountancy companies, (e) banking firms, (f) individual consultants and (g) other specialist consultancies used by his Department since June 2001; what actions those consultancies/companies have performed within his Department; and what costs have been incurred through use of these consultancies/companies. [74679]
§ Mr. Paul MurphySince June 2001 the Wales Office has employed no consultants under(a), (b), (c), (d), or (e).
Since June 2001 the Wales Office has employed a firm of consultants called Inbucon who undertook a staffing review, one legal consultant called Helen Bennett Associates, who gave specific legal guidance to the Wales Office and Open Connections a records 6W management consultancy firm, who advised on improving the document and records management systems.
The cost of using these consultants is commercially confidential.