HC Deb 18 July 1988 vol 137 cc434-5W
Mr. Mullin

To ask the Attorney-General if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract extant in Her Majesty's Land Registry as at 1 January 1987, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.

The Attorney-General

The only management or computer consultancy contract extant on 1 January 1987 which affected the Land Registry was a systems engineering contract with IBM United Kingdom Limited.

Mr. Mullin

To ask the Attorney-General if he will give the cost to the Lord Chancellor's Department of employing management or computer consultants for each year from 1983 to 1987.

The Attorney-General

On the information available the cost to the Lord Chancellor's Department of employing management or computer consultants for each financial year from 1983 to 1987 is as follows:

£
1983–84 41,782
1984–85 433,000
1985–86 262,738
1986–87 185,618
1987–88 361,594

Mr. Mullin

To ask the Attorney-General if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract extant in the Lord Chancellor's Department as at I January 1987, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.

The Attorney-General

The following management and computer consultancy contracts were extant in the Lord Chancellor's Department as at 1 January 1987:

Firm Assignment
Ernst and Whinney Systems development audit of Funds Accounting
Atkins Planning Restructuring of the Project Support Office
Peat Marwick and McLintock Structured Systems Analysis and Design Methodology (SSADM) Consultancy
Prolog Assistance with the Crown Court Computer Project

Mr. Mullin

To ask the Attorney-General if he will give the cost to Her Majesty's Land Registry of employing management or computer consultants for each year from 1983 to 1987.

The Attorney-General

Land Registry expenditure on management or computer consultancy for the period 1983–87 was as follows:

Year Amount £
1983 Nil
1984 119,108
1985 123,445
1986 105,946
1987 487