§ Mr. Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what information technology consultants his Department has employed and for what purpose and at what total cost for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. SproatThe Department of National Heritage, which was established on 13 April 1992, has contracted out operational support for the Department computer users and systems to Sema Group through open competition. The Department has employed consultants from Sema Group to support the development of Departmental information systems—IS—and assist in the procurement of a number of system solutions. Consultancy support from CCTA, the Government Centre for Information Systems, has also been used to assist in procurement and the development of the Departmental IS strategy. The cost of consultancy support was £140,000 in 1992–93 and £38,000 in 1993–94.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage, pursuant to his answer of 25 March,Official Report, column 460, if he will list the firms of consultants employed by his Department in each of the last five years and the number of contracts they have undertaken.
§ Mr. SproatThe consultants used and numbers of contracts awarded by my Department since it was established in April 1992 and its two executive agencies are listed in the table, together with the start date for each contract. My answer on 25 March did not include the188W number of consultancies awarded by the two agencies, although the costs given did include the agencies' expenditure. The total number of contracts awarded is 110.
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Consultant's name Number of contracts awarded Start date Accord Group—TYZACK 1 March 1993 ADAS 1 December 1992 AIBS 1 October 1992 Ajax Health and Safety 1 April 1992 Alan Rhodes Associates 1 October 1992 Alter Ego 1 April 1993 Baker, Wilkins and Smith 1 April 1992 John Barnes 1 May 1993 BDM Limited 2 December 1992 April 1993 Bedford Timber Preservation 1 January 1993 BMRB International 1 June 1993 Brenda White Associates 1 February 1993 Capita Management Consultancy Ltd. 1 February 1993 CCTA 2 June 1993 August 1993 Cluttons 3 January 1993 March 1993 Communication by Design Limited 1 September 1992 Coopers and Lybrand 1 July 1993 Crane Davies Limited 1 July 1993 Cumbria Tourist Board 3 February 1993 February 1993 February 1993 Drivas Jones 1 July 1993 Engineering Surveys Limited 2 July 1992 September 1993 Ernst and Young 4 July 1992 January 1993 October 1993 January 1994 Derek Etherington 1 July 1991 Feilden and Mawson 1 April 1992 Fitch 1 June 1992 P. Flaxman 1 January 1993 Food Services Associates (Henley) Limited 1 December 1992 GAH Limited 1 August 1992 Lawrence Graham 1 1993 David Greaves 1 June 1992 Halcrow Fox 2 November 1992 July 1993 Heart of England Tourist Board 1 December 1992 HH&S Limited 1 May 1992 Humberts Leisure Limited 1 June 1992 Institute of Manpower Studies 1 March 1993 J. M. Consulting Limited 1 May 1993 David Jacques 1 April 1993 John Herbert Partnership 1 September 1992 September Kennedy and Donkin 1 1993 Korn Ferry International 1 March 1993 KPMG 6 1992–93 1992–93 1992–93 February 1993 September 1993 February 1994 Land Use Consultants 1 April 1992 Library and Information Co-operation Council 1 March 1993 Light Projects 1 March 1993 Lowe Bell Communications 1 January 1994 Mason 1 August 1993 MEW Research 1 June 1993 Moon Communications 1 April 1993 National Economic Research 1 April 1993 Associators/Mercer Management Consultants/PA Consultants Naylor Conservation 1 December 1993 North West Tourist Board 2 December 1992
Consultant's name Number of contracts awarded Start date February 1993 Northamptoshire Archaelogical Unit 1 January 1993 Number Market Research Limited 1 June 1992 PA Consultants 2 July 1992 July 1993 William Page 1 1992–93 Paper White Design Consultants 1 April 1993 PE International 3 August 1992 October 1992 May 1993 Peter Morley Associates Limited 1 March 1993 Donald Piggott 1 October 1992 Positive Solutions 1 August 1993 Price Waterhouse 3 May 1992 October 1992 February 1993 Pringle Brandon 1 December 1993 Research International 1 December 1993 RM Consultants Limited 1 December 1993 RMJM and Caroe and Partners 1 April 1992 Royal Fine Art Commission 1 February 1993 Royal Fine Art Commission 1 February 1993 Royston Brown 1 May 1992 Search Training International Limited 1 December 1992 Sema Group Systems Limited 3 All in 1993 Stoy Hayward 1 December 1993 August 1992 and August John Sumsion 1 1993 Symonds 1 July 1992 TA Consultancy 1 July 1993 Tectus 1 May 1992 The Conservation Practice 1 April 1992 The Jenkins Group 1 May 1993 Thesaurus 1 April 1992 January and Touche Ross 2 June 1993 Towers Perrin 1 January 1993 University of Cambridge 1 January 1993 University of London 1 January 1993 Vital Statistics Limited 1 March 1993 Warrington Fire Research 1 April 1992 Phase 1— September 1992 and Phase 2—December Watts and Partners 1 1993 WLF Pierce and Partners 1 July 1993 Yorks and Humberside Tourist Board 1 February 1993 Total 110