§ Mr. DenhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list all consultants who have been retained by his Department in the past three years to advise on any aspect of(a) the reduction in state protection for mortgage interest payments and the encouragement of a private insurance market for mortgage protection, (b) the introduction of incapacity benefit or (c) the introduction of the jobseeker's allowance. [32051]
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§ Mr. Roger EvansThe Department of Social Security has retained the services of the following consultants to advise on the issues raised by the hon. Member:
Issue Company Number of consultants (a) The reduction in state protection for mortgage interest payments and the encouragement of a private insurance market for mortgage protection. No consultants retained nil (b) The introduction of incapacity benefit Andersen Consulting 88 CSS Trident 25 (c) The introduction of the jobseeker's allowance Coopers and Lybrand 1 PA Consulting Group 2 Andersen Consulting 5 Computer People 55 Cray Systems 5 ICL 3 NESCO 72 SEMA Group 15 Taskforce 3