Consultants (Hansard, 13 December 1995)

§ Mr. Boswell

Consultants employed in the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in each financial year from 1990–91 to 1994–95, and the subjects with which they were concerned, are indicated in the attached lists. Central records are not yet available in a form which directly relates the two lists, and such correlation could only be achieved at disproportionat[...] cost. Total expenditure in each of the years concerned was:

1990–91: £4,495,793
1991–92: £5,374,284
1992–93: £7,010,814
1993–94: £12,169,785
1994–95: £11,551,382

CONSULTANTS

1990–91

Coopers and Lybrand Deloitte
KPMG Peat Marwick Mclintock
National Remote Sensing Centre
PA Consultants
Price Waterhouse
Touche Ross
Worthy Associates
Wye College

1991–92

Building Energy Solutions
Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants
Clark Whitehill
Coopers and Lybrand
David Thompson
DEGW
Duhig Berry Ltd.
DWJ
Ernst and Young
Institute for Terrestrial Ecology
KPMG
Mouncey and Partners
P. A. Christensen
Price Waterhouse
PSA
Purcon
Quentin Bell
Robertson Gould
Sir Ronald Macintosh
TM Energy Consultants
Touche Ross
Vauntberry PLC
Worthy Associates
Worthy Management Consultants
Wye College

1992–93

Asbourne BioSciences
BNSS
Brandt Computers
Building Energy Solutions
CCTA
Coopers and Lybrand
DIS Industrial Consultants
Disability Matters Ltd.
E. M. Consultants
Ernst and Young
Ferriby Marine
Fletcher King
Forward
Hoskyns
Johnstone and Wright Consultants
Mouncey and Partners
Mr. Peter Goodall
NIFES Consulting Group
Price Waterhouse
PSA
Sequent Computer Systems
Shreeveport Management Consultancy
Sir Ronald Macintosh
SRU
Theodore Goddard
Touche Ross
Triad
University of Hull

1993–94

ARC International PLC
Ashbourne BioSciences
BMT Reliability Consultants Ltd.
BNSS
Building Energy Solutions
Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants
Cambridge Ergonomics Ltd.
Civil Service College
Coopers and Lybrand
Currie and Brown
Dr. R. A. Hoodless
E. G. Burnett Aberdeen
Energy Auditing Agency Ltd.
Ernst and Young
Ferriby Marine
Forward Catering Consultancy Service
Halcrow and Partners
Hoskyns Group PLC
Insight
Korda and Co Ltd.
KPMG Peat Marwick
L. G. Mouchel and Partners
Lawrence Hewitt Partnership
McNeil Robertson
Miro Communications Ltd.
MJN Facilities Management
Mott Macdonald
Mouncey and Partners
P. E. International plc
PA Consulting Group
Pentana Ltd.
Personnel Health and Safety Consultants Ltd.
Posford Duvivier
PSA
Quanta Learning Systems
Risk and Policy Analysts
RNIB
SEMA Group
Sequent Computer Systems
Shreeveport Management Consultancy
Siemens Nixdorf
Stoy Hayeard
Teodore Goddard
Touche Ross
Triad Special Systems Ltd
8 Universities and Agricultural Colleges
A.D.C.
CEAS (Consultants) Ltd.
Centre for Agricultural Strategy
Christopher Absolon
Coopers and Lybrand
Ernst and Young
Euro P. A. Associates
G. Lewis
George Trew Dunn Partnership
Institute for Employment Research
Institute of Educational Technology, 0
J. M. Consulting Ltd.
K.P.M.G.
Laurence Gould Partnership
Lawrence Hewitt Partnership
M. Fussey
National Remote Sensing Centre
Persona
Professor Bruce Traill
Project Management Services
Prospect Management Services
R.A.S.
Safety First
SEMA
Split Image
Stoy Hayward
Thorburn Colqhoun Ltd.
University of Reading
W. S. Atkins
WEFA Ltd.
PROJECT

1990–91

Assistance with Efficiency Scrutiny on staff attitudes
Dairy Crest Foods
Helping with the CVL transition to Agency status
Human Resource development project
Performance measurement of the efficiency of licensing measures
Pilot Beef and Sheep Extensification schemes
Regional Structure Review—administration of grants and subsidies
Remote sensing of land affected by set-aside and oilseeds schemes
Training Needs Analysis
Training Review

1991–92

Advice on development of ADAS marketing plan, restructuring and corporate image
Advice on Omicron Invoicing System
Advice on work recording system
Aid for Soviet Union
Dairy Crest Foods
Efficiency Scrutiny—reorganizing of Purchasing and Supply
Helping with CVL transition to Agency status
Helping with CSL transition to Agency status
Monitoring and Targeting Service
Monitoring of the Meadowland option of the countryside premium scheme
Performance measurement of the efficiency of licensing measures
Placement of Contracts and central call-off agreements
PM's help to Soviet Union
Potential uses of set-aside land to benefit wildlife
Processing controls for PES data within FP Division
Project management system development
Review of Meat Hygiene (Enforcement and Inspection Charges)
Review of Ministry's Regional Organization
Socio-economic evaluation of the 1-year setaside scheme in England
St. Petersburg "Model Farm" Study
Survey of office chairs
Survey of Whitehall complex
Visits of various RSCs
1992–93
ADAS Technical
Advice on work recording system
CSL QA
CSL Technical
Development of payment record system
DFR Systems conversion
Energy Efficiency Audit
European Network
HECTOR (Personnel)
Legal Advice
Market Test—Cleaners
Monitoring and targeting service
PM's help to Soviet Union
Preparation of guidance manuals
Relocation Review
Review of Agency internal audit
Review of Food From Britain
Review of internal audit practices and procedures
Surveys of Nobel. Ergon and Eastbury Houses
Trader Information System
Valuation of Market
Visits, commenting on strategy, and speaking at seminar

1993–94

Advice on part-time working
Coastal Protection Survey
Consultancy service for attendance at a meeting with Mr. Griffiths in August
Core-MAFF Installation project management
Core-MAFF technical requirement
DCM
Development of new reporting database
Development of PC version of food model
Development of project management software
Development of project reporting system
DSE Workstation Assessment
Efficiency Review—cleaning services at Carlisle RSC
EO Policy
Ergonomic appraisal of furniture
Evaluation of CVL
Evaluation of VMD
Examination of food
Feasibility study on the market testing of pesticide residue analysis
Furniture assessment for screen equipment users
Grade 7 development
Health and Safety Assessment
HEO development
In-house training for ITD staff involved in Customer Service
Support market test
Introduction to EC
Introduction to EC Juniors
Market Testing Training
Market Testing Training and Briefing
Market testing training for the in-house team at DFR
Monitoring and Targeting
MRP
PFM
Preparation of draft contract/SLA documentation in the free pollution advice to farmers market test
Principles and Practices of Market Testing
Production of Instructions
Project Management Building Works
Relocation Consultancy Review
Review of audit risk index
Review of specification for audit planning control system
Risks assessment of workstations to comply with H and S Regs, 1992
SMDP Workshop
Support to project sponsor
Survey of Guildford site
Team software
Update of HGCI forms
Valuation consultancy