§ Mr. Emeryasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will list the contracts placed in the last five years by her Department with private consultants, giving the dates when they were awarded, the name of the contracting firm, the nature of the work under-
THE CONTRACTS PLACED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND PRODUCTIVITY WITH PRIVATE CONSULTANTS Date of Award Name of contracting firm Nature of work undertaken Total cost to public funds Date when final results submitted Whether results made public £ s. d 22.11.66 PA Management Consultants Ltd. Survey of employers' recruitment practices Preliminary Study. 1,312 10 0 February, 1967 No 21.6.67 PA Management Consultants Ltd. Survey of employers' recruitment practices Full Survey. 23,700 0 0 April, 1968 No 5.4.67 Sales Research Services Ltd. Survey of the training of export staff. 1,200 0 0 August, 1967 No 28.7.67 Research Services Ltd. Pilot and development work for a possible survey of the construction industry, (Information for Phelps Brown Committee.) 1,500 0 0 October, 1967 No 3.10.67 Research Services Ltd. As above. Main survey processing data and report writing. 13,500 0 0 June, 1968 Yes in July, 1968 25.1.68 12.5.69 System Research Ltd. An enquiry into the organisation and instruction of office skills involving communication date retrieval and recognition. 9,232 0 0 Not yet completed —