HC Deb 24 July 1996 vol 282 cc596-7W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a list showing the number, nature and value of contracts awarded, by his Department to Coopers and Lybrand, KPMG, Price Waterhouse, Ernst and Young, Deloitte and Touche, Arthur Andersen, Grant Thornton, BDO Stoy Hayward, Pannell Kerr Forster, and Robson Rhodes, and their subsidiaries and associates, during 1995 and 1996. [37325]

Mr. Howard

For the period specified, information on the number and nature of contracts let to each listed company and the total sum paid to each company by my Department is given in the table. Individual contract values are not given on the grounds of commercial confidentiality.

Consultant Nature Total value
1 April to date
Coopers and Lybrand and Subsidiaries and Associates Strategy development Underpinning and modelling accountancy work 1£15,143
KPMG and Subsidiaries and Associates Audit of procurement procedures Consultancy database Consultancy support quantum Job evaluation consultancy £443,625
Price Waterhouse and Subsidiaries and Associates Seminar 1
Ernst and Young and Subsidiaries and Associates
Deloitte and Touche and Subsidiaries and Associates
Arthur Andersen and Subsidiaries and Associates
Grant Thornton and Subsidiaries and Associates
BDO Stoy Hayward and Subsidiaries and Associates
Pannell Kerr Forster and Subsidiaries and Associates
Robson Rhodes and Subsidiaries and Associates
1995–1996
Coopers and Lybrand and Subsidiaries and Associates Private Finance Initiative Consultancy Support Advice and project support Assessment pay services business strategy Strategy development Project management Customer survey Consultancy Underpinning and modelling accountancy work 1525,630
KPMG and Subsidiaries and Associates Review of Emergency Planning College Identification of competencies of probation officers Accountancy support 169,818
Price Waterhouse and Subsidiaries and Associates Consultancy Pilot study in number of area probation services 1222,364
Ernst and Young and Subsidiaries and Associates Review of management structure for National Strategy for Police Information Systems Project (NSPIS) Consultancy 147,500
Deloite and Touche and Subsidiaries and Associates Review of United Kingdom Passport Agency offices Consultancy Research 1125,165
Arthur Andersen and Subsidiaries and Associates
Grant Thornton and Subsidiaries and Associates
BDO Stoy Hayward and Subsidiaries and Associates
Pannell Kerr Forster and Subsidiaries and Associates
Robson Rhodes and Subsidiaries and Associates
1 Individual contract values are not given on the grounds of commercial confidentiality.