§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Oxford, East on 31 January,Official Report, columns 203–4, who awarded the contracts on (a) the practicality of private sector involvement in the remand system to Deloitte Haskins and Sells in 1988 and (b) the organisation of the prison service above establishment level to PA Consulting Group in 1989; what was the cost of each contract; and if he will list any similar reports commissioned from outside management consultants since 1985 and give their date of completion and cost.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe Home Office awarded a contract to Deloitte Haskins and Sells for a study into the practicality of private sector involvement in the remand system, and another to PA Consulting Group for a review of the prison service organisation above establishment level. For details of the assignment to Deloitte Haskins and Sells I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to his question on 13 February 1990 at column131. The duration of the contract awarded to PA Consulting Group for a review of the prison service organisation above establishment level was extended in July 1989 and again in December 1989, and remains extant. The total cost of this assignment will not be available until April 1990. For details of similar reports from outside management consultants awarded and completed since 1985, I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to his question on 31 January 1990 at column 203.