§ Mr. Matesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the contracts, with the subject of 334W the assignment, awarded to management consultancy or accounting firms by his Department in 1985, with the name of the consultants concerned.
§ Mr. HurdThe information is as follows:
Consultancy Assignment Arthur Young McClelland and Moores and Company Tasks related to the development work on a local budgeting system for the Prison Department. Atkins Planning Further development of project management information in the Directorate of Telecommunications. BIS Applied Systems Task related to a review of the Prison Costing System. Coopers and Lybrand Associates Limited Review of the commercial relationship between the Prison Service Industries and Farms and customers. Craton Lodge and Knight Company Limited Assistance with marketing strategy for Prison Service Industries and Farms. Data Logic Limited Software strategy study for the Police National Computer Unit. Ernst and Whinney Appraisal of options for Automatic Fingerprint Recognition. Gilpin Black Associates Grubb Institute Management training for the Probation Service. Hay—MSL Management Consultants Performance Bonuses. John Bell Associates Development of a computer programme for timetabling purposes. Local Government Operational Research Unit Development of a computerised information system for the Probation Service. Pactel Development of a system specification for computerisation of Prison Officer rostering. PA Management Consultants Prison Offices complementing and shift systems. Price Waterhouse Tasks related to a computer accounting system and marketing organisation in Prison Service Industries and Farms. Service in Information and Analysis Limited Development of a computer programme for use in HOLMES data conversion. Spicer and Pegler Associates Review of TV licence collection and enforcement procedures. Touche Ross Management Consultants Study of an accounting and organisational framework for the Directorate of Telecommunications.