HC Deb 14 June 1994 vol 244 cc512-3W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for each of the last five years the cost to public funds of consultancy work provided by(a) KPMG Peat Marwick, (b) Touche Ross, (c) CSL, (d) Prime, (e) Capita (f) Shreeveport, (g) Basis, (h) Theodore Goddard, (i) Dibb Lupton Broomhead, (j) Price Waterhouse and (k) Ernst & Young to his Department.

Mr. Norris

The information requested is shown in the table.

1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Total
Payments to Basis/Mindworks (call-off contract)
0 19,581 48,995 69,803 82,554 220,933
0 19,581 48,995 69,803 150,880 289,259
Theodore Goddard
DVOIT privatisation: legal advice1 0 0 0 61,926 255,828 317,754
0 0 0 61,926 255,828 317,754
Dibb Lupton Broomhead
DVOIT privatisation: legal advice1 0 0 0 0 227,247 227,247
0 0 0 0 227,247 227,247
Price Waterhouse
Contracts let by DVLA 0 0 25,000 65,000 66,000 156,000
>DVOIT privatisation1 0 0 0 45,000 41,127 86,127
VI privatisation: feasibility study1 0 0 0 0 72,500 72,500
London Buses privatisation1 0 0 0 117,000 434,000 551,000
Advice on the privatisation of TRL2 0 0 0 0 9,230 9,230
Taxation/company car advice2 0 0 0 5,850 0 5,850
0 0 25,000 232,850 622,857 880,707
Ernst & Young
Contracts let by DVLA 0 25,000 65,000 23,000 0 113,000
OPRAF Consultancy2 0 0 0 0 170,000 170,000
Railways privatisation1 0 0 0 0 680,851 680,851
IT strategy support 0 0 0 0 38,545 38,545
European engineering standards study2 0 0 0 87,414 0 87,414
Payroll costs model2 0 0 0 106,000 0 106,000
0 25,000 65,000 216,414 889,396 1,195,810
1 The figures relate to the closest financial years: figures for calendar years are unavailable.
2 The figures shown are the expected values of the contracts at the time they were let: no further data are available.
3 The contract stretches over more than one year: these estimates assume regular monthly payments.