§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the cost to his Department of employing management or computer consultants for each year from 1983 to 1987.
§ Mr. EggarForeign and Commonwealth Office expenditure in the financial years 1986–87 and 1987–88 on management and computer consultancy is shown below. The figures include expenditure for both the diplomatic and aid wings.
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Consultancy 1986–87 1987–88 £ £ Management 68,329 257,272 Computer 783,103 1,171,347 Prior to 1986–87 consultancy expenditure was not separately identified in the FCO's accounts. Information for earlier years is therefore not readily available and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Mr. MullinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract extant in his Department as at 1 January 1987, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.
§ Mr. EggarOn 1 January 1987 the following management and computer consultancy contracts were extant in both diplomatic and aid wings of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office:
Management consultancies None Computer consultancies Data General Management accounting and information system Kinesis Computing Limited Development of overseas systems Towngate Software Limited Development of an overseas accounting system Computer Sciences Limited FOLIOS consultancy studies Logica United Kingdom Limited FOLIOS consultancy studies Systems Designers plc FOLIOS consultancy studies The Instruction Set FOLIOS consultancy studies Psychometric R and D Limited (i) A financial estimates system (ii) An overseas estates financial system Price Waterhouse Computerisation of administration records