HC Deb 26 July 1993 vol 229 cc628-9W
Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list all the computer consultancies employed by his Department and agencies, since November 1991, the tasks for which they were engaged, and the total cost to his Department.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The Home Office has committed approximately £4.5 million to 186 computer consultancy contracts let since 1 November 1991. During this period the statistical database has been automated and the tasks are not recorded in a manner which enables a general description to be provided without incurring disproportionate cost. The suppliers of the consultancies are as follows (figures in brackets indicate the number of contracts to that company if more than one):

  • Supplier
  • Admiral (× 3)
  • Aims systems (× 3)
  • Axis Consultants Ltd. (× 2)
  • Bristol Transputer Centre
  • Bull Information Systems (× 2)
  • CCTA (× 7)
  • Civil Service College
  • CMG Information Services
  • Computer Capacity Management
  • Computer People North
  • Concorde Services
  • Coopers Lybrand and Deloitte (× 2)
  • CSC (× 2)
  • CSS Trident (× 4)
  • Data Sciences UK
  • Database Management
  • Daton Systems
  • Daymount Computing
  • DBI Associates Limited (× 5)
  • DEC (× 2)
  • Dell Computer Corporation (× 3)
  • Doric Computer Systems
  • Easams
  • Edinburgh Parallel
  • EDS Scicon Defence
  • Ernst and Young (× 2)
  • Express Computer Consultants
  • Ferranti International
  • Grafton (× 4)
  • Hans Grefte (× 3)
  • Harvey Consultants
  • HDX
  • Hedra (× 2)
  • Holdene Group Plc (× 2)
  • Hoskyns Group Plc (× 7)
  • Hunterskil (× 7)
  • IBIS
  • ICL (× 4)
  • ITA
  • Kermon (× 9)
  • Keyford Precision
  • KGB Micros
  • Kode
    • 629
  • Lancare (× 2)
  • LBMS (× 2)
  • Liverpool Polytechnic Service
  • Logica (× 3)
  • Logical Systems International
  • Lorien Group Plc
  • Mancos Computers
  • Marketing Generics
  • Metier
  • Microprism (UK) Limited
  • MSG Business Systems
  • Myriad Computer Services (× 3)
  • National Transputer
  • Ofice (× 2)
  • Oracle Corporation UK
  • Origin IQ
  • PA Consulting Group (× 12)
  • Paradis Consultants (× 3)
  • P-E International
  • Price Waterhouse (× 2)
  • Recognition Research (× 2)
  • Retix
  • Riverside Training (× 3)
  • Robin Verney Associates (× 3)
  • S-Com (× 2)
  • Sanderson Insight
  • Sema Group (× 4)
  • Siemens Nixdorf (× 9)
  • Smith Associates (× 2)
  • Software AG (× 2)
  • Span Contracts (× 3)
  • Strategy and Vision Research
  • TABS Limited (× 2)
  • Touche Ross (× 2)
  • VNG Nationwide (× 4)
  • Winway Systems Limited
  • World Quality Systems (× 5)