§ Mr. Tim SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list each management or computer 555W consultancy contract awarded by his Department in 1987, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyComprehensive records of all contracts with consultancy firms are not held centrally. It would be disproportionately expensive to collect all the information required. The following list identifies those management and computing consultancies which began in 1987 and are valued at £10,000 or more.
Firm Subject of Assignment CACI Inc. International NIS-TR121A and TR529 forms—Computerisation Files and PQs databases—Mi,nor Modification HMIS Development DDS—Maintenance and Support Lands Management System Central Computer Service Study of Highway Data needs in London DE Barnard Systems Ltd. NIS Quality Assurance—Technical Review HM Systems Further computerisation of Transport and Road Research Laboratory— administrative support services Howard Humphries and Partners Maintenance and Support of DEFLEC and CHART—road condition survey material Structures Database Maintenance Contract Bridges Database Phase 2 Merging and Standardising Databases JMP Consultants Ltd Supply and Maintenance of RMMS DCD software—road maintenance management material Learmonth Burchett Management Systems NIS Central Consultancy Logsys Ltd. 3rd Party Claims Database Phase 1 Highways Inquiries Database Phase 1 and 2 Matt Hall Industrial Bonus Scheme Matt Hall Vehicle Examiners in Testing Stations MVA Systematica Coding of COBA 10—cost benefit analysis system Peat Marwick McLintock Logical Design for RMMS PE Consultants Provision of independent means of assessing/validating manpower levels (in AA and AO grade) in Drivers Division Perth Crest Winter Fleet Maintenance S. G. Bisson Bridges database Report Generator Pace Data Load SIA NISR/CHART Interface Contract NIS—Graphical Presentation Utility NISR and Accidents Maintenance Contract GPU Maintenance Savoy Software Science Ltd. Support and Development of RMMS —Two Counties Study Total Video NIS—Video Copying Touche Ross IFCOS—Stage One Transportation Planning Associates Maintenance of OSCADY Wootton Jeffries ROTAN 2—Annual average day flow of traffic calculations for census work.
§ Mr. Tim SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the total amount spent by his Department in 1987 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases.
§ Mr. Peter Bottomley[holding answer 29 March 1988]: The total amount spent by the Department in 1987 on 556W management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases, was £2.3 million.