HC Deb 23 February 1993 vol 219 cc502-3W
Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many contracts for consultancies were awarded by his Department over(a) the last 12 months and (b) 1991–92.

Mr. Key

(a) My Department, which was formed in April 1992, has funded 25 contracts for consultancies awarded in the last 12 months; its executive agency, the Historic Royal Palaces Agency, has awarded 29 contracts.

(b) As my Department was not in existence in 1991–92, this part of the question does not apply.

Ms. Mowlam

To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage 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) Chrichton 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. Key

(i) My Department which was formed in April 1992, has funded the following contracts in the past 12 months:

  1. (a) Coopers and Lybrand Management Consultants: nil.
  2. (b) Touche-Ross Management Consultants: two contracts have been awarded, one for a management review of the National Film and Television School and one for a market testing consultancy for catering operations at the British Film Institute. Total cost: £24,720.
  3. (c) Price Waterhouse Management Consultants: two contracts have been awarded, one to look at financial systems and controls for the British Library St. Pancras project, and one to undertake an investment appraisal for my Department's headquarters project. Total cost: £120,000.
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  4. (d) Ernst and Young Management Consultants: four contracts have been awarded; a report on market testing in the British Library, a feasibility study into the computerisation of the listing of historic buildings, which is ongoing, and two consultancies for the BFI, to look at computer facilities management and front-of house security at the National Film Theatre and Museum of the Moving Image. Total cost: £105,915.
  5. (e) Chrichton Roberts: nil.
  6. (f) KPMG Management Consultants: a contract was awarded to review British Screen Finance Ltd. Total cost: £38,000.
  7. (g) Leopold Management Consultants: nil.

(ii) As my Department was not in existence in 1991–92, this part of the question does not apply.