§ Mr. Eggarasked the Secretary of State for Industry 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 consultants 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.
§ 1982 Mr. ButcherThe Department of Industry's use of accounting firms during 1979–82 was as follows:
Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co.
Advice on corporate plans of an industrial companyTouche Ross & Co.
Review of the Department's financial information systemRationalisation of bright steel bar manufacturingCoopers & Lybrand
Rationalisation of steel wire drawing industryDeloitte Haskins & Sells
Heavy steel forgings rationalisation schemeRationalisation of cold rolled narrow strip steel manufacturingRobson Rhodes
Business failures under small businesses loan guarantee schemeConsultants are employed on a wide range of subjects within the Department's responsibilities. The detailed information required cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.