§ Mr. Tim SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by the Metropolitan police in 1987, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggI understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the following contracts were awarded in 1987:
Firm Subject of Assignment PActel Feasibility Study1 Geoff Ford Work Information Management System Consultancy1 Hoskyns Database Consultancy1 Digitus Source Programs Advice on Manpower planning system2 The Instruction Set UNIX2 Safe Computing Implementing Police Payroll—setting up software Time Manager International Management Training for staff Logica Capacity Planning McDonnell Douglas Statistics systems—Hist. File Cleardown Chess Valley Maintaining data input system for Crime statistics Carnell PJCS Consultancy for Payrolls ICL Setting up Personnel 20 package ICL Consultancy for New Traffic Tickets System Tom Scharff In-line mailing-advice on whether cost effective to restore faulty equipment Gerard Systems ARTEMIS consultancy S.I.A. Rostering consultancy for Territorial Operations System Hoskyns Spool increase consultancy Coopers and Lybrand Computer management consultancy for Chief Engineer's Department PActel; Admiral Computer Services; Marshall Computing Services Miscellaneous computer consultancies for Chief Engineer's Department PActel Project Manager for Crime Report Information System Hoskyns Various levels of project staff for new Traffice Tickets System Eagling; K.P.G. Contract Operations for old Traffic Tickets System Prolog VME Hoskyns Fixed Penalty Office Contract Staff 1 All for the Electrical and Mechanical Branch Control Information Systems. 2 Territorial Operation Systems.