Departmental Advisers (Hansard, 31 October 1984)

§ Mr. Patrick Jenkin

[pursuant to his answer, 30 October 1984]: My Department has appointed no advisers during the last 12 months in connection with the Government's privatisation programme. We have, however, appointed a large number of consultants and advisers in connection with other matters. Apart from appointments in connection with research, computer and library work, the use of consultant inspectors to determine planning appeals, a substantial number of PSA works consultancies, and periodic appointments to formally constituted non-departmental advisory bodies — which appear in the annual publication "Public Bodies"—the main appointments have been as follows:

Mr. P. R. C. Davis
Political adviser on local government matters.
Mr. Geoffrey Thomas
Management advice on large scale household survey.
Research Consortium 1984
Feasibility study into large scale household survey in 1986.
Touche Ross & Co.
Study of budgetary control system.
Walter Judd Ltd.
Preparation of PSA annual report.
Coopers and Lybrand
Advice on MINIS.
ICI
Radioanalysis.
Dr. Parry
NATO/CCMs study.
Mr. E. Lomas
Pollution of contaminated land.
Floyd Slaski and Partners
Survey in connection with the proposed establishment of a trust to manage the Teviot street estate, Tower Hamlets.
Mr. Douglas Mitchell
Advice on the implementation of the rates limitation and abolition proposals.
Mr. J. N. Noble
Revised guidance on residential roads and footpaths.
Data Build
Preparation of reports and articles on results of better insulated house programme.
Price Waterhouse Urwick
Development work for management training courses and provision of tutors.
Performance Analysis Corporation
Data envelope analysis project.
Healey and Baker
Advice on disposal of industrial and commercial assets of the new towns in England.
Healey and Baker
Advice on application for UDG in respect of the Whitechapel shopping centre.
Mr. M. J. Barrington
Appraising UDG projects.
Mr. M. J. Gloster
Appraising UDG projects.
Mr. Graham Lomas
Feasibility study of providing voluntary organisations with computerised information.
Mr. D. A. Hallett
Managing commercial operations of royal parks and palaces.
Mr. J. S. Ferguson
Accountancy advice for water finance and economics division.
Mr. R. W. Watson
Assistance in local government finance policy development.
Mr. W. G. Randolf
Research assistance to committee on management of blocks of flats.
Mr. K. W. Pearce
Technical adviser on waste management.
Mr. J. M. Grayson
Technical adviser on toxic waste management.
NBA Tectonics
Design of implementation of an integrated archive of monitored data on energy use within occupied dwellings.
Mr. P. Taylor
Radioactive waste disposal.
Mr. S. H. Bowie
Radioactive waste disposal.
Mr. B. Funnel
Radioactive waste disposal.
Mr. H. A. Taylor
Radioactive waste disposal.
Water Research Centre
Data processing study for water directorate.
Institute of Hydrology
Ordnance survey digital mapping exercise.
Land Capability Consultants
Restoration of difficult waste landfill sites.
Aspinwall and Company
Economics of landfill disposal.
Harwell Laboratory
Lining and capping of landfill sites taking difficult wastes.
Harwell Laboratory
Glossary of landfill terms.
WRC Environment
Treatment of leachate from difficult waste landfills.
Aspinwall and Company
Preparation of landfills to take difficult wastes.
Environmental Data Services Ltd.
Synopsis of the landfill practices review group final report.
Aspinwall and Company
Register of all sites licensed or authorised by resolution, for the disposal of controlled wastes in England and Wales.
Imperial College of Science and Technology/Belfours
Solidification of hazardous waste. (joint contract)