§ Ms AbbottTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. NelsonThe following table lists merchant banks and those companies which have accountancy arms who have carried out work for Her Majesty's Treasury during 1992 and 1993.
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Companies Type of consultancy work Cost (including VAT) (£) Barings Privatisation 1— BDO Binder Hamlyn Auditing 5,348 Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte Auditing 20,285
Companies Type of consultancy work Cost (including VAT) (£) Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte Privatisation 1— Ernst & Young Privatisation 1— Ernst & Young Market Testing 21,018 Kleinwort Benson Privatisation 1— KPMG Peat Marwick Training 52,875 KPMG Peat Marwick Research Project 21,200 KPMG Peat Marwick Privatisation 1— Osborne Clark Privatisation 1— Price Waterhouse Management Consultancy 35,250 Price Waterhouse Privatisation 1— Price Waterhouse Advice on Pay and Management Issues 5,330 Price Waterhouse Research Project 28,500 Touche Ross Market Testing 26,438 Towers Perrin Job Evaluation 132,599 The Wyatt Company Risk Management 36,438 1 On privatisation it is Her Majesty's Treasury policy not to disclose fees paid to individual advisers as these are regarded as commercial-in-confidence.