HC Deb 13 November 1991 vol 198 cc570-4W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the consultants currently undertaking work in his Department, the title of each project, its cost and its estimated finishing date.

Mr. Jack

The consultants currently undertaking work in this Department and agencies, the project and the estimated finishing date are as shown. We have not supplied information on the cost of individual projects as to do so could be a breach of commercial confidentiality.

Project Title Consultants Estimated finishing date
Activity Recording Price Waterhouse March 1992
Ad Hoc Quantity Surveyors Appleyard & Trew March 1992
Analytical Services Division—Analytical Services Statistical Information Systems Dame Image December 1991
Administrative Resource Management System (Version 1) Sema Group December 1991
Assist Les Probert Ass. February 1992
Building Management & Planned Maintenance Programme Ulec Services Limited July 1992
Cable Design for Leeds Headquarters Scheme Limited March 1992
Capacity Planning Ultracomp December 1991
Catalysing Change Communications Project Baddeley Associates Limited December 1991
Central Architectural Team Crantex Limited May 1992
Child Support Agency PA Consulting Group March 1992
Combined Services Architect Triad Special Systems March 1992
Competancies for Headquarters KPMG Peat Marwick February 1992
Communications Marketing Plan for Benefits Agency Information Services P Four Consultancy Limited December 1991
Contributions Agency Work Measurement Exercise TOP-IX Limited January 1992
Contributions Agency Andersen Consulting January 1992
Corporate Brochure on Secondment Redhouse Lane Communications Limited November 1991
Current Year Monitoring System Hollyhill May 1992
Data Quality Convergence & Whole Person Concept Mr. J. M. Bankier December 1991
Debt recovery KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock March 1992
Development of Complementing & Monitoring Projects Urvashi Patel February 1992
Disablement Living Allowance Andersen Consulting March 1992
Earnings Related Supplement Project Andersen Consulting March 1992
EC-Related Work Dianne Robbins September 1992
Employment Services Andersen Consulting March 1992
Engagement of Professional Purchasing Staff SERCO Limited March 1992
Equal Opportunities Audit Pearn Kandola Downs February 1992
Equal Opportunities Training Development INLI—Institute for a New Leadership Initiative March 1992
Essential Services Plant Level Buro Rappold November 1991
Executive Information System H.M.G. Consulting Limited September 1992
Executive Reporting System Project Price Waterhouse November 1991
Executive Reporting System Project H.M.G. Consulting Limited March 1992
Financial Accounting Price Waterhouse March 1992
Financial & Management Information System Price Waterhouse November 1991
Financial & Management Information System Accounting Policies Project Price Waterhouse November 1991
Financial & Management Information System Dun & Bradstreet December 1991
Headquarters Information Systems Strategy (Implementation Phase) Ernst & Young December 1991
IT User Development Sema Group October 1992
ITSA Core Curriculum Impact March 1992
ITSA Core Curriculum Functional Training Andersen Consulting December 1991
ITSA Core Curriculum Functional Training The Training Partnership December 1991
ITSA Core Curriculum Review of Analysis & Design & Small Audience Group Andersen Consulting March 1992
ITSA Management Services Andersen Consulting March 1992
ITSA Security Computer Sciences Company December 1991
ITSA Security Pathfinder March 1992
ITSA Security PA Consulting Group March 1992
ITSA Security Training Computer Sciences Company March 1992
Local Office Project—Income Support Andersen Consulting March 1992
Local Office Project—Social Fund Sema Group March 1992
Management Accounting Price Waterhouse March 1992
Management Customer Service Seminars and Workshops Diane Bailey Associates March 1992

Project Title Consultants Estimated finishing date
Management Development Programme Assessment Centre Recruitment & Assessment Agency February 1992
Manpower Planning Workshops Institute of Manpower Studies March 1992
Marketing Strategy for Paying Social Benefits Touche Ross December 1992
Monitoring Change Project Kinsley Lord December 1991
Motability Easams Limited May 1992
National Insurance Recording System—Social Fund Sema Group March 1994
National Unemployment Benefit System 1 Andersen Consulting March 1992
National Unemployment Benefit System 1 Williamson G K December 1991
National Unemployment Benefit System 2 Andersen Consulting March 1992
Network Administration Centre Insight Logistics November 1991
Network/Comms Level—7 Limited March 1992
OPSTRAT Review Hartley McMaster March 1992
Office Small Systems Group Easams Limited April 1992
Office Small System Group Telecommuting Management Consultants April 1992
Outplacement Scheme for Senior Staff KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock March 1992
Pension Age Discussion Document Redhduse Lane Communications Limited Continuing
Pensions Strategy Project Andersen Consulting March 1992
Pensions Strategy Project (Overseas Branch) Andersen Consulting March 1992
Policy and Planning Unit Andersen Consulting March 1992
Product Assurance Dameimage March 1992
Production Service Support Group PSA Services March 1992
Project Control Astrac Limited March 1992
Quality Management Group W. S. Atkins April 1992
Quality Management Services Admiral Management Systems December 1991
Retirement Counselling Courses for Senior Staff DPS Consultants Limited March 1992
Review of Benefits Agency Central Office Management PA Consulting Group March 1992
Reviews of the Benefits Agency Appraisal System and Career Development Peter Byde Management and Training Consultant November 1991
Review of Project Management in Social Security Policy Group Mrs. K. Limm December 1991
Route 400 Training Level-7 Limited November 1991
Secondment of a Consultant to DSS for Various Projects British Coal Corporation Continuing
Service Agreement Methodology PA Consulting Group February 1992
Service Delivery Security S Computer Sciences Company March 1992
Services Management Andersen Consulting March 1992
Services Management—Service Delivery Andersen Consulting March 1992
Single Terminal Access Project Andersen Consulting March 1992
Single Terminal Access Project Computer Sciences Company March 1992
Single Terminal Access Project Discrealm Limited November 1991
Single Terminal Access Project Facilita Software May 1992
Single Terminal Access Project—Integrated Terminal Test System Facilita Software March 1992
Single Terminal Access Project X ASE Consulting March 1992
Software Systems Ace Data Systems March 1992
Space Standards Consultancy (Central Office Guidelines) DEGW Limited November 1991
Strategy Help Desk Price Waterhouse February 1992
Strategy Operations Architecture Project Easams Limited March 1992
Support to ITSA ASE Consulting March 1992
The Resettlement Index Office of Public Management December 1991
Training of Internal Consultancy Staff Morris Foster, Management & Training Consultant November 1991
Training and Support Services Andersen Consulting March 1995
Wright Circuit WS Atkins November 1991
X-400 Level-7 Limited December 1991