§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many contracts and for what total sum were let out by his Department and agencies for which it is responsible to(a) Coopers & Lybrand, (b) KPMG Peat Marwick, (c) Ernst & Young, (d) Price Waterhouse, (e) Arthur 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) other services in (1) 1980 to 1983, (2) 1984 to 1987, (3) 1988 to 1991 and (4) 1992–93.
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§ Mr. GoodladThe table shows the relevant information for contracts let out to the named companies by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office diplomatic and aid wings in 1992–93.
Privatisation Market testing Management advice Audit Consultancy Other services (£) (£) (£) (£) (£) (£) Coopers & Lybrand 1 21,000 6 123,000 17 7,374,000 1 53,000 1 355,000 5 900,000 KPMG — — 3 58,000 — — 5 313,000 1 5,000 1 56,000 Ernst and Young 1 175,000 — — — — — — 2 76,000 — — Price Waterhouse — — — — 1 83,000 — — 3 142,000 2 417,000 Touche Ross — — — — 1 8,000 — — — — — — Pannell Kerr Foster — — — — 1 29,000 — — — — — — No contracts were let by the FCO to Arthur Andersen, Grant Thornton and Robson Rhodes in 1992–93.