§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is the cost to date and the expected future cost of his Department's market-testing programme; how many staff are engaged full-time in work relating to market testing; which firms of consultants have been used in connection with the market-testing programme; and how they were selected.
§ Mr. HagueThe cost to 31 March 1993 has been some £3.2 million and the expected cost for the financial year 1993–94 is broadly estimated at £3.5 million. Currently there are some 150 full-time staff assigned to the market testing programme. The following firms of consultants have been used in connection with the market-testing programme:
- Coopers and Lybrand
- Kodak
- KPMG
- Hemsley Miller and Co.
- PA Consultancy
- PE International
- PMMS Consulting
- Price Waterhouse
- SEMA Consultants
- Shreeveport
- Symonds Facilities Management
- Touche Ross
The above were all selected by competitive tender.