§ Ms. AbbottTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the(a) accountancy firms and (b) merchant banks to which the Office of Public Service and Science awarded private consultancy work in 1992 and 1993, together with a list of consultancies concerned and the amount paid.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe full details and the total cost of consultancy contracts awarded by the Office of Public Service and Science and its agencies to accountancy firms in 1992–93 are available only at disproportionate cost. The identified cost for 1992–93 is £475,000, which does not include full details of the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, which does not hold the information centrally in the form requested for that year.
The costs of individual contracts have been aggregated to maintain commercial confidentiality. On this basis the 14W figure for consultancy contracts awarded by the Office of Public Service and Science to accountancy firms in 1993–4 to date is £660,000 and includes full CCTA information. No merchant banks were employed by the Office of Public Service and Science.
The Central Office of Information awarded no consultancy contracts to accountancy firms in 1992–93 and none have been awarded in 1993–94 to date. No merchant banks were employed.
HMSO awarded no consultancy contracts to accountancy firms in 1992–93 and the aggregated cost in 1993–94 to date is £205,625. No merchant banks were employed.
The firms and assignments for the Office of Public Service and Science for 1992–93 and the Office of Public Service and Science and HMSO for 1993–94 to date are as follows:
1992–93 Accountancy firm Assignment title Baker Tilly Advice on setting up commercial accounting systems. Coopers and Lybrand Supercomputing management study, charging regimes. Coopers and Lybrand Consultancy extension for strategic assignments consultancy service. Ernst and Young Relationship between agencies and businesses. KPMG VAT services. KPMG Speaker for managing change workshop. KPMG Study of fees and charges used by research councils for contracts. KPMG Trading fund asset management. KPMG Developing personal review systems. Price Waterhouse Core performance profiles for grades 5–7 repeat consortium project. Price Waterhouse Objective setting in personal review. Price Waterhouse Charterline (project planning, management and evaluation. Touche Ross Review of financial information systems.
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1993–1994 to date Accountancy firm Assignment title Andersen Consulting Charter Mark Assessment Baker Tilly Advice on commercial accounting systems Coopers and Lybrand Supercomputing Management Study— Structural Options Elaine Brandt Product Costing and Profitability Reporting Elaine Brandt Trading Fund Status Ernst and Young Internal Audit Market Test Ernst and Young Development Study to plan the production of Version II of Information Technology Infrastructure Library Ernst and Young Consultancy support for production of guidelines on business process redesign in the public sector Ernst and Young Study on the future of Government Telecommunications Network/Metropolitan Service Ernst and Young Case studies on Programme Management KPMG Welfare Market Test KPMG Training Market Test KPMG GIS Market Test KPMG Charging Model Study KPMG Navy Support Command Study (undertaken by CCTA on behalf of the Ministry of Defence) KPMG Financial Strategy for CCTA KPMG Financial Systems Replacement KPMG Review of Debtors Price Waterhouse Senior Open Structure Core Criteria Project Price Waterhouse Charterline (System Development)
Accountancy firm Assignment title Price Waterhouse Charterline (Selection of pilot region media and communications, regional seminars, data collection, acceptance testing, financial modelling) Touche Ross CCTA Risk Analysis Management Methodology Training and Support (Computer System Security) Touche Ross Government Telecommunications Network (Long Distance) Outsourcing Project Touche Ross Case Studies on Porgramme Management Touche Ross CCTA Risk Analysis Management Methodology Training and Support (Software Support Project)