§ Mr. Tim Smithasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the contracts, with the subject of 625W the assignment, awarded to management consultancy or accounting firms by his Department in 1986, with the name of the consultants concerned.
§ Mr. MooreComprehensive records of all contracts with consultancy firms are not held centrally, and it would be disproportionately expensive to collect all the information required. The following list identifies those management and accountancy consultancies which began in 1986 and are valued at £10,000 or more:
Firm and Subject of Assignment
Arthur Young
- Audit of the accounts of the Civil Aviation Authority.
- Review of General Lighthouse authorities' tender vessel service requirement.
- Preparation of accounts for the General Lighthouse Fund.
Christine Howarth Ltd.
- Advice on management and organisation.
Cooper and Lybrand Associates
- Advice on the implementation of a major computer strategy.
J. Henry Schroder Wagg and Co.
- Financial advice to assist the assessment of proposals for a third Thames crossing at Dartford.
K. M. G. Thomson McLintock
- Audit of London Regional Transport's DTp grant.
Peat, Marwick, F. Mitchell and Co.
- Joint management review of the Woolwich Ferry and associated tunnels (with Greenwich LB).
Price Waterhouse
- Audit of the accounts of the British Railways Board.
- Accounting advice in respect of the setting up of Public Airport Companies under the Airports Act 1986.
- Commercial costing at Transport and Road Research Laboratory.
Q International Ltd.
- Feasibility study on the further exploitation of facilities at the Transport and Road Research Laboratory.
Touche Ross and Co.
- Advice on the proposed disposal of British Transport Advertising.