§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list any research reports or policy analyses received from outside management consultants after January 1985, but commissioned by his Department before that date, and the date of completion and cost of each contract.
§ Mr. WaddingtonInformation is not readily available before 1984. The Home Office awarded one contract in 1984 concerning research and policy analyses to Price Waterhouse for a review of marketing and sales effectiveness in the prison service industries and farms. The contract was completed in August 1985 at a cost of £16,100 (exclusive of VAT).
§ Mr. Andrew SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the contracts his Department has given to outside management consultants in policy areas concerning his Department since January 1985, and the date of completion and cost of each contract.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe Home Department has let the following contracts to management consultants in policy areas since January 1985:
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Consultant and contract 1Cost Completion date 1990 Capita Ltd. Assist with organisational review of the probation service 65,750 January 1989 National Economic Research Associates Copyright protection for sound recordings 214,000 December Price Waterhouse Privatisation of IBA transmission system 84,000 December J. K. Clayton Review of voluntary scientific effort in civil defence 9,122 October Captain Hannant Standard system for control of police aviation 125,000 October BIS Applied Systems Magistrates courts contingency planning 21,586 September PE Inbucon Issues of TV licences and saving stamps by Post Office 216,000 August Coopers and Lybrand Review of passport issuing and management information systems 51,677 August
Consultant and contract 1Cost Completion date Lloyd's Merchant Bank Privatisation of the tote 79,200 April Price Waterhouse Options for privatising the IBA's transmission network 262,000 April County Nat West Future of science and technology group 30,000 February Broadcasting and Research Unit Radio broadcasting and listening 74,000 January 1988 Peat Marwick McLintock Advice on the future of the laundry industry within PSIF 46,664 August Deloitte Haskins and Sells Examination of clerical support within PSIF Farms and Gardens 25,625 May 1987 Ernst and Whinney Review of charging arrangements 76,000 September KMG Thomson McLintock Main strategy on office automation 35,000 July Arthur Young Management Consultants Information technology strategy for accounting and financial management systems 72,231 June Touche Ross Study on scientific support for the police service in England and Wales 109,000 June CSP International Ltd. (Booz, Allen and Hamilton Subscription television 128,000 May Christian Brann Direct TV licence evasion 171,000 March Coopers and Lybrand The future provision of staff training—Magistrates' courts service 52,000 January 1986 Lawson Somerset Ltd. Easy payment methods for TV licence fee 61,000 September Deloitte, Haskins and Sells Development of a financial management information system for the probation service 35,000 June Touche Ross Study of organisation in the directorate of telecommunications 38,000 March 1 Exclusive of VAT. 2 Figures represent only Home Office proportion of full cost.