§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many contracts, and for what total sum were let out by his Department or agencies for which 341W it is responsible to (a) Coopers and Lybrand, (b) KPMG Peat Marwick, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) Price Waterhouse, (e) Authur Andersen, (f) Touche Ross, (g) Grant Thornton, (h) Robson Rhodes and (i) Pannell Kerr Forster for (i) privatisation, (ii) market testing, (iii) management advice, (iv) accounting, (v) audit, (vi) consultancy and (vii) any other services in 1980 to 1983, 1984 to 1987, 1988 to 1991 and 1992 to 1993.
§ Mr. HagueThe information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available follows:
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Firm Number of contracts Total value (£) 1986–87 Coopers and Lybrand 1 5,635.00 KPMG Peat Marwick 0 0 Ernst and Young 2 60,145.00 Price Waterhouse 3 112,971.00 Arthur Andersen 0 0 Touche Ross 1 75,306.00 Grant Thornton 1 15,836.00 Robson Rhodes 0 0 Pannell Kerr Forster 0 0 1987–88 Coopers and Lybrand 3 319,006.00 KPMG Peat Marwick 0 0 Ernst and Young 1 10,459.00 Price Waterhouse 2 42,720.00 Arthur Andersen 0 0 Touche Ross 3 59,601.00 Grant Thornton 1 270.00 Robson Rhodes 0 0 Pannell Kerr Forster 0 0 1988–89 Coppers and Lybrand 3 37,341.00 KPMG Peat Marwick 2 10,235.00 Ernst and Young 0 0 Price Waterhouse 2 51,037.00 Arthur Andersen 1 10,000.00 Touche ross 4 258,948.00 Grant Thornton 0 0 Robson Rhodes 0 0 Pannell Kerr Forster 0 0 1989–90 Coopers and Lybrand 4 262,571.00 KPMG Peat Marwick 2 59,891.00 Ernst and Young 1 14,909.00 Price Waterhouse 6 1,137,894.00 Arthur Andersen 0 0 Touche Ross 3 314,210.00 Grant Thornton 0 0 Robson Rhodes 0 0 Pannell Kerr Forster 0 0 1990–91 Coopers and Lybrand 5 288,365.00 KPMG Peat Marwick 4 723,280.00 Ernst and Young 5 442,365.00 Price Waterhouse 10 3,587,350.00 Arthur Andersen 0 0 Touche Ross 7 709,104.00 Grant Thornton 0 0 Robson Rhodes 0 0 Parnell Kerr Forster 0 0 1991–92 Coopers and Lybrand 1 47,290.00 KPMG Peat Marwick 6 136,292.00 Ernst and Young 3 139,502.00 Price Waterhouse 11 952,994.00 Arthur Andersen 0 0 Touche Ross 3 78,294.00 Grant Thornton 0 0 Robson Rhodes 0 0
Firm Number of contracts Total value (£) Pannell Kerr Forster 0 0 1992–93 Coopers and Lybrand 4 117,775.00 KPMG Peat Marwick 7 447,258.00 Ernst and Young 2 22,637.00 Price Waterhouse 9 259,064.00 Arthur Andersen 0 0 Touche Ross 2 249,620.00 Grant Thornton 0 0 Robson Rhodes 0 0 Pannell Kerr Forster 0 0