HC Deb 23 January 1992 vol 202 c290W
Mr. Cousins

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the projects, the purposes, and the cost of his Department's use of the Coopers and Lybrand group since 1989.

Mr. Redwood

In the period since 1 April 1989 Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte has been engaged by the Department in connection with projects and studies on the subjects listed. Further details, including details of the costs of these projects, are commercially confidential.

  • Subject of Assignments
  • Scrutiny of demand and funding for Departmental Central Services
  • Environmental/Safety Controls study on Chlorinated Substances Markets
  • Study on barriers to takeovers in EC CFC Market Study
  • Computing Services Industry study
  • Managing into the 90s programme: Review of material
  • Revision of Managing into the 90s newsletter
  • Efficiency/effectiveness of proposed accounting systems Inward Investment review
  • Financial viability of the Management Charter Initiative
  • Information system strategy Study for Information Technology Division
  • Study of safety-related computer-controlled systems
  • Market Assessment Study of computer misuse
  • BTG appointment of Reporting Accountants
  • Work programme following local authority Regulation of Business Seminar
  • Conference: Selling to Firms and Industries once in the public sector
  • Study into Radiocommunications Agency's networking requirements
  • Review of Radiocommunications Agency's licensing procedures
  • Citizen's Charter and Local Authority Regulation
  • Study of Ozone depleting substances
  • Local Authority regulation of business
  • Research into knock-on effects of inward investment
  • UK Australian trade investment study
  • Internal scrutiny of fairs and promotion branch: survey of chambers of commerce, trade associations etc.
  • Local government regulation of business; development of specifications for alternative approaches to the evaluation of the regulation of business by local authorities
  • Local government regulation of business; conference between business and local government
  • Industry profile of printed cartons in EC: market study