§ Mr. Matesasked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will list the contracts, with the subject of assignment, awarded to management consultancy firms by the Management and Personnel Office in 1984, with the name of the consultants concerned.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe contracts awarded to management consultancy firms during the calendar year 1984 are as listed.
Oral Priority written Written 1981–82 32 21 33 1982–83 31 14 32 1983–84 58 39 27 1984–85* 28 21 43 * Up to Whit Recess. In 1983–84, no holding replies were given to any priority written questions. In 1984–85, up to the Whit Recess, two holding replies representing 10 per cent. were entered, and were followed by substantive answers within one week.
Source:
Departmental statistics. It should be noted that the count produced by the POLIS system in the House Library will differ from the above figures, in that on POLIS:
(a) the oral count includes only those oral questions actually reached,
9Wplus supplementaries counted as separate questions, and
(b) the written count includes orals not reached, writtens priority writtens and holding replies all counted as separate questions.
The overal POLIS count will therefore exceed the departmental count.