§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many contracts and for what total sum were let out by his Department and agencies for which658W 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. WaldegraveInformation is not available for the period January 1980 to December 1983. From 1984 on, the available information on the number and value of contracts let to these consultancies by my Departments and their predecessors is as follows:
Period Contracts let Costs (£000) Firms1 1984 to 1987 6 216 (a), (d), (e), (f) 1988 to 1991 9 177 (a), (b), (d), (f) 1992–93 56 2,723 (a), (b), (c). (d), (e), (f) Note: To preserve commercial confidentiality contracts have not been identified under specific categories. The costs of contracts have been aggregated and are attributable to the firms indicated1.
1(a) Coopers and Lybrand (f) Touche Ross (b) KPMG Peat Marwick (g) Grant Thornton (c) Ernst and Young (h) Robson Rhodes (d) Price Waterhouse (i) Pannell Kerr Forster (e) Arthur Andersen