§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. NelsonThe following table gives the total value and number of contracts let by HM Treasury for 1991–92 and 1992–93 for the subject headings and companies requested. In this period no contracts were awarded to 579W Arthur Andersen, Grant Thornton, Robson Rhodes and Pannell Kerr Forster. I regret information going back beyond this date can be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The table is not specifically broken down by company, as information given to this detail would breach our commercial-in-confidence rules.
1991–92 1992–93 Subject Number of contracts Value (£ thousand) Number of contracts Value (£ thousand) Privatisation 3 1,184 6 277 Market-testing 1 23 1 20 Management advice — — — — Accounting — — — — Audit — — 4 137 Consultancy 1 20 — — Other services — — 3 119