HC Deb 22 February 1993 vol 219 cc445-6W
Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list the contracts awarded by his Department to(a) Coopers and Lybrand management consultants, (b) Touche Ross management consultants, (c) Price Waterhouse management consultants, (d) Ernst and Young management consultants, (e) Crichton Roberts Ltd., (f) KPMG management consultants and (g) Leopold Joseph management consultants, with the total cost of the contracts with each contractor, for (i) the past 12 months and (ii) 1991–92.

Mr. Boswell

The information requested is as listed. No contracts were awarded in these periods to Crichton Roberts or Leopold Joseph.

CONTRACTS AWARDED IN THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1991–92

KPMG

  • (Total value £69,825)
  • Customer Survey for the Teachers Pensions
  • Agency Review of a Data Collection Processing System
  • Identification of a Market Testing Programme for the DFE

Coopers and Lybrand

  • (Total value £29,300)
  • Financial management survey at the Schools Examinations and Assessment Council
  • Commitment audit and cash How verification

Price Waterhouse

  • (Total value £66,074)
  • Capital equipment survey of equipment held in further education and sixth form colleges
  • Financial management survey

Touche Ross

  • (Total value £144,595)
  • Assistance in preparing colleges for independence from Local Authority control
  • Tender budgeting and accounting methods
  • Provision of operational research assistance

Ernst and Young

  • (Total value £66,765)
  • Supply of telecommunications and distance working for the Department
  • Financial management survey of Purchasing procedures
  • FEFC relocation study

CONTRACTS AWARDED IN THE 12 MONTHS FROM 17 FEBRUARY 1992 TO 17 FEBRUARY 1993

KPMG

  • (Total value £63,750)
  • Follow up work to the Customer Survey for the Teachers
  • Pensions Agency
  • Financial Management Review of Research Council contracts with other Government Departments
  • Project Audit of the Pensions Administration System (PAS) for the Teachers Pensions Agency

Coopers and Lybrand

  • (Total value £1,446,750)
  • Review of colleges preparations for independence
  • Scoping study for IS Business and Consultancy Division
  • Consultancy assistance to ISB Corporate Plan
  • Financial management survey of the National Curriculum
  • Council (NCC)
  • Pensions Payments Opinions Review
  • Open University review of part-time costs

Price Waterhouse

  • (Total value £75,454)
  • Financial Consultancy Review
  • Capital equipment survey of equipment held in further education and sixth form colleges
  • Accountancy Review

Touche Ross

  • (Total value £55,342)
  • Assistance on file storage, file retrieval and document retention
  • Provision of operational research assistance