HC Deb 09 February 1993 vol 218 cc598-9W
Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the firms of consultants used by his Department as part of the market testing programme since November 1991 together with the total cost; and if he will make a statement.

Miss Widdecombe

Names of firms of consultants used by the Department as part of the market testing programme since November 1991 are as follows:

  • Coopers and Lybrand
  • Kodak
  • KPMG
  • Hemsley Miller and Co.
  • PA Consultancy
  • PMMS Consulting
  • Price Waterhouse
  • SEMA Consultants
  • Symonds Facilities Management
  • Touche Ross

The total cost of consultancy support to the end of December 1992 has been some £610,000.