§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education which firms have won computer consultancy contracts from her Department and its agencies over the last five years; and what is the number of contracts per firm. [33887]
§ Mr. Robin SquireThe following firms have been awarded computer consultancy contracts by the Department and its agencies in each of the last five years:
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Consultancy firm Number of contracts 1990 BIS Ltd. 3 Coopers and Lybrand 3 ICL Ltd. 3 Oracle 2 Butler Cox 1 CMG Ltd. 1 Henley Consultants 1 Hoskyns 1 Intac 1 Kinesis Computing 1 Lalcrest 1 LBMS 1 OCTS Ltd. 1 Radius 1 RML 1 SCOLL 1 Tranrate 1 Two B 1 1991 1 SEMA Systems 6 LBMS 4 Kinesis Computing 3 Admiral Computing 2 BIS Ltd. 2 Coopers and Lybrand 2 Duhig Berry 2 EIS Ltd. 2 Express Consultants 2 Insight Consulting 2 Oracle 2 W. S. Atkins 2 BBT Statistical Services 1 Microsoft 1 MSL Ltd. 1 NCC 1 OCTS Ltd. 1 Radius 1 Research Machines 1 ROCC Ltd. 1 SCS 1 SD Scicon 1 Software Sciences 1 Sybase 1
Consultancy firm Number of contracts 1992 BIS Ltd. 3 Coopers and Lybrand 2 Insight Consulting 2 Admiral Computing 1 Amtec Consulting 1 BBT Statistical Services 1 Duhig Berry 1 Express Consultants 1 Forvus Ltd. 1 Granada Computer Services 1 Hoskyns 1 Kinesis Computing 1 MFT Computer Systems 1 MSL Ltd. 1 OCTS Ltd. 1 Oracle 1 SEMA Systems 1 1993 1 Express Consultants 2 Uden Consulting 2 AMP Systems Ltd. 1 Arden Business Consultants 1 BIS Ltd. 1 CMG Ltd. 1 Commercell Ltd. 1 Ingres Ltd. 1 J. Holds worth 1 Kinesis Computing 1 Kingdon Technology 1 KPMG 1 Microsoft 1 OCTS Ltd. 1 Ove Arup 1 Pilat Ltd. 1 Trackit Systems 1 W. S. Atkins 1 1994 W. S. Atkins 3 Arden Business Consultants 2 Data Sciences 2 DPS Ltd. 2 MFT Ltd. 2 Amtec Consulting 1 Aran Ltd. 1 Axios Systems 1 Coopers and Lybrand 1 ED5 Information Systems 1 Ernst and Young 1 Forvus Ltd. 1 Gloucester Computer Co. 1 Imagineering Ltd. 1 Kermon Ltd. 1 KPG Ltd. 1 MSL Ltd. 1 Microsoft 1 Ove Arup 1 Parity plc 1 PMS Communications 1 SAS Software 1 Shortlands 1 Systemstar Softools 1 University of Bath 1
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education which firms of consultants employed by her Department over the last year have been paid more than £1,000 per day. [33875]
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§ Mr. SquireOver the last year, instances of the Department paying more than £1,000 per day for individual representatives are restricted to the following firms:
- Baring Brothers
- Coopers and Lybrand
- Ernst and Young
- Hay Management Consultants
- KPMG
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how much her Department and its agencies have spent on computer consultancy in each of the last five years and what is the expected expenditure over the next five years. [33856]
§ Mr. SquireThe value of computer consultancy contracts awarded by the Department and its agencies in each of the last five years is as follows:
Year Value of contracts £ 1990 448,000 1991 590,000 1992 380,000 1993 657,000 1994 691,000 1995 262,000 There is no projection of expenditure over the next five years.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many contracts her Department has had with consultants; and what has been the total cost in each 1990 of the last five years. [33561]
§ Mr. SquireThe information requested is listed in the following table.
Year Number of contracts Value £ 1990 47 974,000 1991 84 1,517,000 1992 39 1,994,000 1993 69 1,629,000 1994 96 1,800,000
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will estimate the cost of employing consultants in connection with privatisation programmes in which her Department has been engaged since 1980. [33456]
§ Mr. SquireBetween 1980 and the end of the last financial year, the Department—when it had responsibility for science—spent some £627,000 on privatisation of the Plant Breeding Institute.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will indicate which five consultancy firms have received most contracts from her Department(a) by number contacts and (b) monetary value in the last five years for which figures are available. [33447]
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§ Mr. SquireThe information requested for each of the last five years is as follows:
By number of contracts Year Name of consultancy firm 1990 Coopers and Lybrand KPMG BIS Ltd. ICL Ltd. PE International 1991 Coopers and Lybrand SEMA Systems LBMS PE International Touche Ross 1992 Coopers and Lybrand KPMG BIS Ltd. Price Waterhouse SEMA Systems 1993 Coopers Lybrand KPMG Touche Ross Price Waterhouse Ernst and Young 1994 Coopers and Lybrand KPMG Data Sciences Ernst and Young W. S. Atkins
By monetary value: Year Name of consultancy firm 1990 KPMG BIS Ltd. Coopers and Lybrand ICL Ltd. Touche Ross 1991 Coopers and Lybrand Touche Ross SEMA Systems LBMS PE International 1992 Coopers and Lybrand BIS Ltd. KPMG SEMA Systems Price Waterhouse 1993 Coopers and Lybrand KPMG Touche Ross Price Waterhouse Ernst and Young 1994 Coopers and Lybrand KPMG WS Atkins Ernst and Young Data Sciences
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for Education how many contracts and for what total sum were let by her Department and agencies for which 665W it is responsible to (a) Coopers and Lybrand and its subsidiaries, (b) Peat Marwick and its subsidiaries, (c) Ernst and Young and its subsidiaries, (d) Arthur Andersen and it subsidiaries, (e) Price Waterhouse and its subsidiaries. (f) Grant Thornton and its subsidiaries, (g) Stoy Hayward and its subsidiaries, (h) Grant Thornton and its subsidiaries, (g) Stoy Hayward and its subsidiaries, (h) Robson Rhodes and its subsidiaries, (i) Pannell Kerr Forster and its subsidiaries for privatisation, market testing, management advice, accounting, audit, consultancy and other services in 1993–94 and 1994–95. [33915]
§ Mr. SquireThe number of contracts and their total sum awarded to each of the consultants and their subsidiaries during financial years 1993–94 and 1994–95 are as follows:
Consultant Number of contracts Total value of contracts £ 1993–94 (a) Coopers and Lybrand 9 258,000 (b) Peat Marwick 5 130,000 (c) Ernst and Young 0 — (d) Arthur Andersen 0 — (e) Price Waterhouse 2 36,000 (f) Grant Thornton 0 — (g) Stoy Hayward 0 — (h) Robson Rhodes 1 13,500 (i) Pannell Kerr Forster 0 — 1994–95 (a) Coopers and Lybrand 4 443,000 (b) Peat Marwick 3 88,000 (c) Ernst and Young 1 80,000 (d) Arthur Andersen 0 — (e) Price Waterhouse 0 — (f) Grant Thornton 0 — (g) Stoy Hayward 0 — (h) Robson Rhodes 1 74,000 (i) Pannell Kerr Forster 0 —