§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security whether, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Great Grimsby of 18 December 1989,Official Report, column 68, he will list the six accountancy firms and provide details of the payments made to them during 1988 and 1989.
§ Mrs. Gillian ShephardInformation about the five accountancy firms employed by the Department is set out in the table. The firms have been employed on accountancy-orientated tasks which includes work on management information systems.
1988–89 £ 1989–90 to date £ Touche Ross 73,647 53,112 Price Waterhouse 380,000 236,000 BDO Binder Hamlyn 34,063 Peat Marwick McLintock 19,603 Ernst Young 25,404 85,863 I regret that the sixth firm referred to in the answer of 18 December at column 68 was a management consultancy firm included in error, which has not been employed on accountancy related work.