§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many contracts and for what total sum were let out by his Department and agencies for which it is responsible to(a) Coopers and Lybrand, (b) KPMG Peat Marwick, (c) Ernst and 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.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe available information on the number of contracts let by the Home Office to each listed company for the specified consultancies and the total sum paid to each company for 1988 to 1991 and 1992–93 is given in the table. Information for the years prior to 1988–89 is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
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Consultant Privatisation Market Testing Management advice Accounting Audit Consultancy Other service Total sum £ Price Waterhouse 4 1,731,981 Arthur Andersen — — — — — — — — Touche Ross 7 1 779,700 Grant Thornton — — — — — — — — Robson Rhodes — — — — — — — — Pannell Kerr Forster — — — — — — — — 1992–1993 Coopers & Lybrand 1 1 145,000 KPMG Peat Marwick 1 1 *— Ernst and Young 6 1 463,064 Price Waterhouse 2 1 1 311,760 Arthur Andersen — — — — — — — — Touche Ross 2 6 300,335 Grant Thornton — — — — — — — — Robson Rhodes 1 *— Pannell Kerr Forster — — — — — — — — *Individual contract values are not given on the grounds of commercial confidentiality.