§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the projects undertaken by PA Management Consultants for his Department in the last three years.
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§ Mr. Gummer[holding answer 15 June 1993 ]: The consultancy contracts awarded by my Department to PA Management Consultants over the last three years are as follows:
List of projects undertaken by PA management consultants for the DOE in the last three years
- Provision of PSA (IT) Projects Board director
- Systems development for the PSA IT operational system (CONQUEST)
- IT support for the PSA PROMIS 1 and 2 systems
- Support in developing PSA Projects' marketing function and to marketing unit pre-sale
- PSA—IT and marketing support
- Performance of firms in rural areas
- Improving links between MINIS, line management systems and job descriptions
- Recruitment of inspectors for the Pollution Inspectorate
- Pollution control for pesticide production processes
- Microbiological treatment of low level waste
- Project management support to the RIMNET national radiological and nuclear emergency response system
- Extension of contract competitive tendering in local government
- Computerising the assessment of future need for subsidised housing
- Future needs for subsidised housing
- High technology factory case study
- Environmental management systems and the Building Research Establishment assessment method
- Scientific staff recruitment in the Building Research Establishment
- A review of computer security in the Building Research Establishment
- Recruitment of casual statisticians
- Studies of dishwashers and washing machines to provide information required to establish ECO-labelling criteria
- Treatment of programme expenditure in departmental resource accounts