HC Deb 18 July 1988 vol 137 c509W
Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy if he will give the cost to his Department of employing management or computer consultants for each year from 1983 to 1987.

Mr. Parkinson

The information is as follows:

Financial year Expenditure £
1983–84 313,000
1984–85 296,000
1985–86 72,000
1986–87 247,000
1987–88 279,000

Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy 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. Parkinson

The following consultancy contract were extant as at 1 January 1987:

Consultancy Subject
Price Waterhouse Associates Database development for oil and gas reservoir monitoring.
Z & S Ltd. Computerised display of geological data.
Information Builders UK Ltd. Supply of advisory services for "Focus" computer software system.

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