HC Deb 12 February 1991 vol 185 cc443-7W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list each of the management consultancies operating in his Department, the title of the project, the finishing date and the cost(a) currently and (b) in 1990 and excluding any in (a).

Mr. Jack

Details of current studies and those undertaken since April 1990 are in the tables. The cost of individual studies is not given, as that could breach commercial confidentiality, but total expenditure on these studies in the financial year 1990–91 to date is £2.94 million.

Mr. MacGregor

Overseas visits undertaken by the Home Affairs Committee in the last 12 months and the airlines used are as follows:

Current consultancies
Consultancy firm Project
Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge Headquarters relocation project
Admiral Management Services Limited Quality management systems
Andersen Consulting Training project
Andersen Consulting Contributions unit development
Arthur D. Allwright Associates Purchasing consultancy
Baddeley Associates Limited Communicating the operational strategy
Baddeley Associates Limited Code and instruction review
Baddeley Associates Limited Headquarters review team—consultancy support
Cavendish Tricorne Corporate efficiency
Cavendish Tricorne Local factors model
Cavendish Tricorne Information technology services agency manpower model
Cavendish Tricorne War pensions
Cavendish Tricorne Local pay additions
Cavendish Tricorne Performance related pay
Christine Gratton Women in management courses
Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte Creation of the purchasing and supply manual

Consultancy firm Project
DPS Consultancy Limited Retirement counselling courses
Dun & Bradstreet International Purchasing consultancy
Equalities Associates Equal opportunities seminars
Ernst and Young Integrated complementing system (development)
Ernst and Young Departmental information systems strategy scoping study (headquarters units)
Hadley Hunter Overpayments recovery
Lloyd Northover Corporate image for Department of Social Services property
Meena Goyal Housing and community charge
Meena Goyal Benefits project work
Mick Tyler Integrated complementing system
Mr. John Mesher Statement on the principles of trusteeship
PA Consultancy Group Enhancement of the MMD—BMD database (Nottingham staff resource unit)
PA Consulting Group Management reviews
PA Consulting Group Review of the Department of Social Services central office management
PA Consulting Group Human resource needs
Peat Marwick McLintock Counselling for staff leaving under the voluntary redundancy scheme
Peat Marwick McLintock Selection and recruitment of the benefit agency's training manager

Other consultancies in 1990–91
Consultancy firm Project Finishing date
Anita Ram Selected International Comparisons of Household Incomes October 1990
Baddeley Associates Limited Director of Social Security Operations (Change Management Project—Managers Charter) April 1990
Ben Williams Consultants Customer Service Training November 1990
British Standards Institute Corporate Image for DSS Property May 1990
CAS Marketing Services Purchasing Consultancy (Engagement Purchasing Director) April 1990
Cavendish Tricorne Contributions Unit Development (Human Resource Planning) September 1990
Cavendish Tricorne Overbearing Model October 1990
Cavendish Tricorne Integrated Pay and Personnel Project October 1990
Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency Departmental Information Systems Strategy Scoping Study June 1990
Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency Financial Information Strategy Project (Annual Review) October 1990
Civil Service College Director of Social Security Operations April 1990
Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte Agencies Systems Planning August 1990
Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte Agencies Systems Planning (Training Seminar for Leaders) May 1990
Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte HQ Relocation Project November 1990

Consultancy firm Project
Perspective Technica Quality management systems
Price Waterhouse Contributions unit development (human resources personnel strategy project)
Price Waterhouse Administrative resource management system unit costs and budgeting
Projecteam Headquarters relocation project
Property Holdings Headquarters relocation project
Public Arts Headquarters relocation project
Redhouse Lane Headquarters relocation project
SERCO Limited Purchasing consultancy
Symonds Facilities Management plc Headquarters relocation project
TOP-IX Limited Administrative resource management system work measurement pilot exercise, keywork library
The Harry Mitchell College Administrative resource management system work measurement pilot exercise
Touche Ross Benefits agency implementation work (MIS and finance)
Touche Ross Contributions unit development (FIS and MIS)
Touche Ross Performance indicators for resettlement units
University College London Psychologist for the forms design unit
Warwick University National Insurance contributions yield

Consultancy firm Project Finishing date
Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte Procurement Management Information System December 1990
Enator Performance Integrated Monitoring for Managers System April 1990
Enator Integrated Complementing System June 1990
Enator OPSTRAT Project October 1990
Enator Integrated Monitoring System December 1990
Ernst and Young Integrated Complementing System May 1990
Ernst and Young Departmental Information Systems Strategy DISSC Impact Analysis October 1990
Ernst and Young Self Investment by Pensions Schemes September 1990
Hadley Hunter Lone Parenthood Study July 1990
Handley Walker Post Office Counters—Fee Negotiations April 1990
Handley Walker Post Office Counters—Fee Negotiations (Stage 2) October 1990
Handley Walker Purchasing of Welfare Milk November 1990
Logica UK Limited Integrated Complementing System (Integrated Monitoring System) November 1990
London Economics Self Investment by Pensions Schemes June 1990
Market and Opinion Research International Headquarters Relocation Project August 1990
Mass Observation Relocation Assessment April 1990
Nationwide Anglia Relocation HQ Relocation Project October 1990
Nigel Parry HQ Relocation Project September 1990
Office for Public Management Ltd (King's Fund College) Director of Social Security Operations April 1990
P-E Inbucon Survey of Local Authorities (Community Charge Benefit Monitoring Exercise) August 1990
PA Consulting Group Rewards Strategy October 1990
PA Consulting Group Director of Social Security Operations—Change Management (Rewards Strategy) April 1990
Price Waterhouse Integrated Complementing System April 1990
Price Waterhouse Integrated Complementing System (Development) June 1990
Price Waterhouse Research into Costs in Residential Care and Nursing Homes September 1990
Price Waterhouse Benefits Agency Finance Director (Selection and Recruitment of) November 1990
Price Waterhouse Training Requirements November 1990
Price Waterhouse Executive Information Systems Feasibility Study January 1991
Professor Steven Haberman Self Investment by Pensions Schemes July 1990
Sema Group Social Fund Support June 1990
Touche Ross Administrative Resource Management System (Complementing) October 1990
Touche Ross Integrated Complementing System (Maintenance) May 1990
Touche Ross Lone Parenthood Study July 1990
Touche Ross War Pensions October 1990
Touche Ross Asset Management November 1990
Whitegates Estate Headquarters Relocation Project October 1990