§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will indicate which five consultancy firms have received most contracts from his Department(a) by number of contracts and (b) monetary value in the last five years for which figures are available. [33434]
§ Mr. HoramThe consultancy firms which have received most contracts from the Cabinet Office, OPS, its agencies, HMSO and COI, are as follows: 1049W
1993–94 1994–95 a. Number of contracts Fordway (5 contracts) KPMG Peat Marwick KPMG Peat Marwick (4) Glasgow and Associates (4) Eider Computers (2) Ametc Consulting (3) Ernst and Young (2) Coopers and Lybrand (3) Glasgow and Associates (2) Eider Computers (3) Kudos Oracle (2) Elaine Brant Management Consultants (3) MORI (2) MORI (3) Price Waterhouse (2) Touche Ross (3) Segal Quince Wickstead (2) Touche Ross (2) b. Monetary Value Peterborough Software Glasgow and Associates Glasgow and Associates Ogilvy and Mather Smith System Engineering Segal Quince Wickstead Segal Quince Wickstead PREST Consultancy Touche Ross Touche Ross Information is not available for earlier years.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many contracts his Department has had with consultants; and what has been the total cost in each of the last five years. [33574]
§ Mr. HoramThe cost of contracts let by the Cabinet Office, its agencies, COI and HMSO is not held centrally in the form requested. The full information can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
The costs of consultancy contracts let by the Cabinet Office and its agencies in the last three financial years are as follows:
£ 1992–93 4,054,273 1993–94 7,604,190 1994–95 8,085,264 The costs of consultancy contracts awarded by COI and HMSO in the last three financial years are as follows:
£ COI 1992–93 136,460 1993–94 66,668 1994–95 162,209 HMSO 1992 410,075 1993 1,061,025 1994 1,750,750
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much his 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. [33853]
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§ Mr. HoramThe expenditure on computer consultancy by Cabinet Office, Office of Public Service and its agencies and the Central Office of Information for 1993–94 and 1994–95, is as follows:
- 1993–94: £2,495,500
- 1994–95: £2,600,000
Similar information for HMSO and the information for earlier years may be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Forecast expenditure on computer consultancy is included with expenditure on computer equipment and cannot readily be identified separately.