§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost of employing consultants in connection with privatisation programmes in which his Department has been engaged since 1980. [33450]
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§ Mrs. Angela KnightInformation prior to 1991 is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Information for 1991 to date is as follows:
£000 1991–92 8.891 1992–93 1,429 1993–94 5,019 1994–95 4,500
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many contracts his Department has had with consultants; and what has been the total cost in each of the last five years. [33499]
§ Mrs. KnightI regret that information prior to 1991 can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
The table gives the number and value of consultancy contracts awarded by HM Treasury by financial year from 1991–92 to 1994–95. In addition the Department has also incurred expenditure on professional fees in connection with the privatisation programme. These are shown separately.
Consultancy contracts Privatisation contracts Year Number of contracts Value (excluding VAT) £000 Number of contracts Value (excluding VAT) £000 1991–92 14 1258 10 8,891 1992–93 92 1,029 14 1,429 1993–94 70 1,404 12 5,019 1994–95 37 997 13 4,500 1 August-March.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which firms of consultants employed by his Department over the last year have been paid more than £1,000 per day. [33869]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 12 July 1995]: The information requested is not held in a form that is readily accessible and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. [33431]
§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many contracts and for what total sum were let out by his Department and agencies for which 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 its subsidiaries, (e) Price Waterhouse and its subsidiaries, (f) Grant Thornton and its subsidiaries, (g) Stoy Hayward and its subsidiaries and (h) Robson Rhodes and its subsidiaries and (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. [33917]
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§ Mrs. Angela KnightI regret that is has not been possible to provide a substantive answer before the summer recess. I shall write to the hon. Members shortly and place a copy of the letters in the Library.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) 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; [33864]
(2) which firms have won computer consultancy contracts from his Department and its agencies over the last five years; and what is the number of contracts per firm. [33896]
§ Mrs. Angela Knight[holding answer 12 July 1995]: Details of consultancy contracts are held on the Treasury contracts database. But as the database cannot identify computer consultancy separately, the information requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.