§ Mr. Ronnie CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list, for each of the last five years, the duration, value and nature of contracts awarded by his Department to Arthur Andersen, Andersen Consulting, KPMG Peat Marwick McLintock, Touche Ross, Ernst and Young and Price Waterhouse.
§ Mr. Charles WardleDetails of the contracts awarded by the Home Office during the last five years to the specified companies, are as follows:
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Consultant 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Total value £ Arthur Andersen — — — — — — Andersen Consulting — — — — — — KPMG Peat Marwick Review of prison laundries (4 months) Training needs in Emergency Planning Department (6 months) Review of charging procedures (1 month) Review of organisation of PNCO (4 months) Market testing scoping study (ongoing)1 366,465 IND Relocation Study (1 year) Crime audit of Nottingham City Council (5 months) Touche Ross Dtels management accounting system (12 months) Passport Agency study (2 months) Review of catering service at Fire Service College (3 months) Survey into motivation amongst police constables (3 months) Immigration Service survey of staff attitudes (5 months) 922,399 PNC project support office (1 month) Study into effective shift systems for the Police Service (3 months) Review of shift working patterns in the Immigration Service (3 months) Statistics Department strategy study (3 months) Contracting out of Prison Service catering (10 months) Radio Spectrum sizing study (6 months) Feasibility study for replacement MIS (3 months) preparation Emergency Planning Department message handling system (2 weeks) Preparation of model agreements (2 months) ED5 asset valuation (2 weeks) Study of Accountancy requirements (6 weeks) Ernst and Young Revision of Operational requirement (2 months) Privatisation of the IBA Terrestrial Transmission Service (1 year) Consultancy assistance in ensuring VFM from the court escort service (1 month) Market testing scoping study (ongoing)1 1,494,807 Provision of support for marketing and sales activity (Arthur Young prior to Amalgamation) (3 years) Validation of IT Strategy (3 months) Firearms Licensing Costs (1 month) Police roles and responsibilities (4 months) Services of temporary marketing manager (Arthur Young) prior to Amalgamation (9 months) Court escort area service (2 months) Artificial intelligence feasibility study (2 months) ICL domain review (2 months) PROMIS/SPITS strategy study (3 months) Price Waterhouse Preliminary financial advice in privatisation of the IBA (2 months) Advice on merits of computer programme (1 week) Marketing strategy for Prison Service clothing and texture group (3 months) Market testing consultancy support (6 months) 1,330,913
Consultant 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 Total value £ Transmission Service (10 months) Study into television licence fee (1 month) Marketing survey (3 months) Provision of financial advice on the privatisation of the IBA transmission service (10 months) Police activity sampling a pilot study (4 months) 1 Where a fixed price contract has not been completed, duration is described as "on-going".