§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list each private sector consultancy firm which has been retained by each agency within his Department, and for his Department as a whole, for the purposes of advising on the market testing programme; and whether the appointment in each case was the result of competitive tendering.
§ Mr. AtkinsFollowing competitive tendering, the Department has appointed KPMG Management Consulting to advise on its market testing programme.