§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, pursuant to his answer on 2 February,Official Report, column 762–63, how much was paid to each of the firms of consultants listed for work done for his Department in (a) 1992–93 and (b) 1993–94; and if 445W he will specify the nature of the work undertaken for each payment.
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe total amount paid to the consultants listed is shown in the table. To separate the amounts paid to each, including separation into financial years, would reveal the cost of some individual contracts and thus breach commercial confidentiality.
The nature of the work undertaken by each of the consultants employed in 1992–94 specifically in connection with the Department's market testing programme is as follows:
Consultant Work undertaken Amtec Consulting Financial adviser Andersen Consulting Internal feasibility study Capital Management Consultancy Ltd. Project management support Castle Management Consultants Financial adviser Civil Service College Provision of intelligent customer advice Coopers and Lybrand Tender evaluation training: contract management seminar; in-house bid support CSL Group In-house bid support Dun and Bradstreet Financial advice reports Mr. P. Dworkin Specialist adviser Hoskyns Group plc Project management training PA Consulting Group Project management support Prime Strategy Consultants Preparation of project plans; project management support Ray Tilly Associates Intelligent customer support Shreeveport Ltd. In-house bid support Smith and Williamson In-house bid support SPT (Simon Thorpe) Preparation of specifications Symonds Facilities Management plc Project management support Mr. J. Wormald Consultancy support to internal review Total payments: 1992–94 (as at end-December 1994) £1.2 million