§ Mr. Tim Smithasked the Secretary of State for Energy 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. Peter WalkerMy Department placed the following contracts with management consultancy and accountancy firms in 1986:
Firm and Subject of Assignment
Energy Systems Trade Association Ltd.
- Provision of professional services for the organisation of an international seminar.
IUTEP Ltd.
- Development of contract energy management guidelines for local authority single buildings.
LAMSAC
- Demonstration of monitoring and targeting systems in local authorities.
PA Consultants
- Advice on local government energy management in Scotland.
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co.
- Study of the methodology used by the UKAEA in recording pre-Trading Fund decomissioning and radioactive waste management liabilities.
Price Waterhouse
635W
- Development of reservoir engineering database.
Price Waterhouse (New York) (Toronto) (Tokyo)
- Advice on US, Canadian and Japanese accounting conventions for British Gas offer for sale.
Touche Ross
- Scrutiny of British Gas share offer for multiply applications.
Tyzack and Partners Ltd.
- Advice on the selection of the Director General of Ofgas.
In addition to the above, my Department appoints the auditors to British Coal, the electricity supply industry and the Oil and Pipelines Agency.