§ Mr. Tim Smithasked the Attorney-General if he will list the contracts, with the subject of the assignment, awarded to management consultancy or accounting firms by the Lord Chancellor's Department in 1986, with the name of the consultants concerned.
The Solicitor-GeneralThe following contracts were awarded to management consultancy or accounting firms by the Lord Chancellor's Department in 1986:
Firm and Subject of Assignment
Atkins Planning
- Computer project support (three contracts)
CAP UK
- Advice on communications procurement for Court Funds Accounting System
Coopers and Lybrand Associates
- Civil Justice Review: study of commercial court
Hay MSL
- Lawyers' legal aid remuneration in the higher criminal courts
Hoare Govett Ltd.
- Advice on contracting-out of common investment funds in Public Trust Office
PE Information Systems Ltd.
- Communications specification for Court Funds Accounting System
Peat Marwick, Mitchell and Co.
- Computer project support
Plus Business Systems 606W
- Technical support with small computer systems
Touche Ross Management Consultants
- Civil Justice Review: study of debt cases