§ Ms AbbottTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the(a) accountancy firms and (b) merchant banks to which his Department awarded private consultancy work in 1992 and 1993, together with a list of the consultancies concerned and the amount paid.
§ Mr. RedwoodIn the calendar years 1992 and 1993 the Welsh Office awarded 30 consultancy contracts to six firms of consultants which also have an accountancy practice within the same group. The total value of these contracts was £1.1 million. The firms involved were Coopers and Lybrand, CSL Group, KPMG Peat Marwick, Pannell Kerr Forster Associates, Price Waterhouse and Touche Ross. The Welsh Office did not award any consultancy contracts to merchant banks during this period.