§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Attorney-General 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) Touch Ross, (g) Grant Thornton, (h) Robson Rhodes and (i) Pannell Kerr Forster for (i) privatisation, (ii) market testing, (iii) management advise, (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.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe information is given in the table:
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£ thousands Sums1/Contracts3 Firms3 1980–83 1984–87 1988–925 1992–93 Coopers & Lybrand (vii) — — 1,374 (4) 2,233 (2) KPMG Peat Marwick (vi) — — 1004 (1) — (vii) — — 1,397 (4) 2,431 (0) Ernst & Young (vii) — — 963 (7) 250 (0) Price Waterhouse (ii) — — — 5 (1) (vii) — — 1,528 (5) 264 (0) Arthur Andersen (vii) — — 96 (1) — Touche Ross (vi) — — 9 (1) 5 (1) (vii) — — 426 (4) 11 (0) Grant Thornton (vii) — — 1,072 (5) 109 (0) Robson Rhodes (vii) — — 146 82) 5 (0) Pannell Kerr Forster — — — — 1The sums of money are the amounts spent on contracts, both new and continuing, during the financial years covered by the period. 2The figures in brackets are the number of new contracts let during the financial years covered by the period. 3Includes predecessor firms. 4Estimate. 531 March 1992.