§ Mr Eggarasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list the occasions on which his Department has used from outside the Civil Service (a) accountants, (b) management consultants and (c) other consutltants since June 1979, giving in each case the dates and nature of the assignment, together with the names of the individuals, partnerships or institutions involved.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe Department commissions a number of small-scale items from academic consultants, on a wide range of educational issues. Accountants or management consultants have been employed in connection with the following projects
Review of financial systems—Peat, Marwick and Mitchell 1979.Costing education provisions for the 16 to 19 age group—Arthur Young and Co. 1980.Appraisal of the Social Science Research Council—Peat, Marwick and Mitchell 1982.The industrial design requirements of industry—Chris Hayes Associates Ltd 1980–82.Survey of electronic publishing—Information Management Associates 1982.