§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his Department's policy towards the publication of external consultants' reports in relation to market testing.
§ Mr. NorrisDecisions on whether to publish reports by external consultants in market tests are taken on a case by case basis in the light of all the relevant circumstances, including commercial confidentiality.
§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out the total cost of external consultancy fees incurred by his Department in relation to market testing.
§ Mr. NorrisThe information requested is given in the table. It includes all the items in the Department's competing for quality programmes, including contracting out and privatisation.
Expenditure to 31 March 1994 £000s, excluding VAT Cost Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: CSL (support for in-house bids) 83 Touche Ross (support for client side and strategy advice) 152 Prime (support for client side and strategy advice) 215 Capita (support for in-house bids) 44 Driving Standards Agency: Shreeveport (support for in-house bids) — Basis (support for client side) 20 DVOIT: KPMG Peat Marwick (financial advice) 553 Theodore Goddard (legal advice) 317 Dibb Lupton Broomhead (legal advice) 227 Price Waterhouse (reporting accountants) 91 CSL (customer advice) 37 Ernst and Young (customer advice) 106 Transport Research Laboratory: KPMG Peat Marwick (study of options for privatisation and their feasibility) 78 Highways Agency: Touche Ross (advice on approaches to property management) — Central Transport Group: Shreeveport (support for in-house bids) 19 Basis (support for client side) 29 Admiral (support for client side) 6
London Underground Limited: Escalators out of service Period 11 Period 12 Period 13 Period 1 Period 2 1 January 1994 to 29 January 1994 30 January 1994 to 26 February 1994 27 February 1994 to 31 March 1994 1 April 1994 to 30 April 1994 1 May 1994 to 28 May 1994 Line Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Hours Per cent. Hours Per cent. Bakerloo 66 4.8 70 4.9 101 5.8 1,535 6.4 681 3.3 Central 227 8.4 284 10.0 459 13.5 4,418 10.9 3,404 9.0 District 44 5.5 44 5.2 60 6.0 10 0.9 2 0.2 Circle and Hammersmith 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 755 6.7 825 8.0 Jubilee and East London 77 33.8 111 46.3 53 18.4 595 16.9 254 7.8 Metropolitan 39 3.7 43 3.8 76 5.7 1,167 7.3 1,080 7.2 Northern 198 9.1 217 9.5 214 7.8 2,552 7.8 1,389 4.5 Piccadilly 195 11.9 197 11.5 203 9.8 1,874 7.6 2,338 10.0 Victoria 36 3.2 109 9.1 141 9.8 1,428 7.9 1,371 7.6
§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a table showing for each London underground line and for each four-week period
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Cost Baker Tilly (support for client side) 26 Capita (support for client side) 18 Impact Plus (support for client side) 9