§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the cost to his Department of employing management or computer consultants for each year from 1983 to 1987.
§ Mr. HurdThe Home Office spent approximately £879,000 on management and computer consultants for 449W 1984–85. Equivalent estimated payments for 1985–86, 1986–87 and for the calendar year 1987 were £1,495,000, £2,665,000 and £3,316,000 respectively. These payments include expenses and VAT as well as fees. Information for the years before 1984–85 is not readily available.
§ Mr. MullinTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list each management or computer
Firm Subject of the assignment Craton Lodge and Knight Company Ltd. Assistance with marketing strategy for the Prison Service Industries and Farms Deloitte Haskins and Sells Development of a financial management information system for the Probation Service Professor Samuel Eilon The development of an evaluation methodology for the Police National Computer Project Ernst Whinney Support for automatic finger-printing recognition planning Express Computer Financial Management Systems—technical support Express Computer Finance Division 1—Performance Study Fraser Williams Bootle Bureau Computer—technical support Doctor Hyatt-Williams Post-shooting trauma study International Computers Ltd. Private Office correspondence—technical support KMG Thomson McLintock Office Automation Study PA Computers and Telecoms Study of network migration to the Police National Computer PA Computers and Telecoms Future development of computer systems in Magistrates Courts PA Management Consultants Assist with implementation of "Fresh Start" to the Prison Service RIPA Consultancy Services Probation Information Services—technical support Smith Associates An analysis of the likely costs and benefits of introducing a mobile data terminal system in police vehicles Software Sciences Immigration Service—technical support Sound Techniques Evaluation of the use of computers in Magistrates Courts Systems Designers Scientific A review of emergency communications service Touche Ross Study on scientific support for the police service in England and Wales White Waghorn Computerisation of Scientific Research and Development Branch accountancy system White Waghorn Financial Management System—technical support