§ Mr. Tim SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total amount spent by his Department in 1989 on management and computer consultancy contracts; excluding hardware and software purchases; if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by his Department in 1989, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment; and what is the total amount that his Department has budgeted to spend in the current year.
§ Mr. Rifkind[holding answer 28 March 1990]: Estimated expenditure on management consultancies and computer consultancies in the 1989–90 and 1990–91 financial years is, in rounded terms, as follows:
£'000 Management Computer 1989–90 300 675 1990–91 400 725 The contracts awarded by my Department in 1989–90 are as follows:
Management Consultancies and Subject of Assignment
A Fegent—HBM Procurement.Touche Ross—Health Education Review.Peat, Marwick McLintock—Lothian Health Board.Coopers and Lybrand—HBM Executive Agency proposals.A Fegent—Overview of Scottish Office Purchasing.Price Warehouse—Creche facilities.British Institute of Management—Network analysis on probation court services and parole.Peat, Marwick McLintock—Further Education development planning.Edinburgh University—Interpretation of a new statistical method.CSL Group Ltd—Financial Regulations for School Boards.Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte—Education Finance.Computer Consultancies—Subject of Assignment
Gimms Ltd—Feasibility study on digital boundary conversion.DWH Associates—Advice on survey of geographical data.Know Edge Ltd—Feasibility study on incorporating environmental data into roads database.North West Regional Research Laboratory—Feasibility study on mapping application.BIS Applied Systems Ltd—Quality management workshops.Logica UK Ltd—Production of Scottish aspects for the National Response Plan (RIMNET).BIS Applied Systems Ltd—To review aspects of Scottish Criminal Record Office computer system.PA Consulting Group Computers and Telecommunications—Automatic Fingerprint Recognition System.Gimms (GIS) Ltd (2 contracts)—Digital mapping.Purchasing and Supply Consultants—Purchasing Operating and Information Systems.Edinburgh University Computing Service—Digital mapping.Dunsmore Data—Preparation and implementation of financial spreadsheet.CS Consultants—Programming various data systems. Preparation of roads database.Taylor Woodrow Management and Engineering Ltd—Specification for and running of Scottish Office Emergency Exercise.Napier Polytechnic—Computing requirements and staff training.Price Waterhouse—Management information systems in grant-aided colleges.