HC Deb 18 February 1987 vol 110 cc665-6W
Mr. Tim Smith

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the contracts, with the subject of the assignment, awarded to management consultancy or accounting firms by his Department in 1986, with the name of the consultants concerned.

Mr. Ridley

Central records are collected annually after the end of the financial year. The latest readily available returns therefore cover 1985–86.

The contracts awarded to management consultancy or accounting firms by the Department of the Environment in the financial year 1985–86 were as follows:

Firm and Subject of Assignment

DOE (CENTRAL)

Price Waterhouse Management Consultants

  • Residuary Body Implementation Plan—Greater London.

Peat Marwick Mitchell and Co.

  • Residuary Bodies Implementation Plans—Metropolitan Counties.

Touche Ross and Co.

  • Report on National Cyrenians.

Coopers Lybrand and Associates

  • Preparation of Business Plan for Thamesmead Town.

Price Waterhouse Urwick

  • Management skills and procedure training.

Ernst and Whinney

  • Review of Stockbridge Village Trust Ltd.

Lawrence Gould Consultants Ltd.

  • Review of costs and operation of financial guidelines for management agreements under Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981.

Touche Ross and Co.

  • Advice on in-house transfer of MAXIS (Management of Administrative Expenditure Information Systems).

Deloitte Haskins and Sells

  • Advice on implementation of new financial regime for new towns following New Towns and Urban Development Corporations Act 1985.

N. M. Rothchild and Sons Ltd.

  • Docklands light railway/Canary Wharf development advisory contract.

Coopers Lybrand and Associates

  • National Heritage Memorial fund long term funding.

Touche Ross and Co.

  • Civic Trust review.

Peat Marwick Mitchell and Co.

  • Management study of the Royal Armouries.

INBUCON/LUC

  • Resource plan and staffing model for the Royal Parks.

PROPERTY SERVICES AGENCY

Deloitte Haskins and Sells

  • Special advice to the Principal Finance Officer.

Touche Ross and Co.

Price Waterhouse Management Consultants

Deloitte Haskins and Sells

  • PSA internal audit consultants.

MCP Management Consultants

  • Review of procedures for directly employed labour.

MCP Management Consultants

  • Review of central engineering workshops, Burtonwood.

Coopers and Lybrand Associates Ltd.

  • Consultancy support to PSA information technology committees.

THE CROWN SUPPLIERS

Negus and Negus

  • Annual Report and Accounts 1984–85

Resource Planning Consultants

  • Fleet Adviser.

Resource Planning Consultants

  • To calculate whole life vehicle costs for review.

Coopers Lybrand and Associates Ltd.

  • Study for information strategy.