§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo 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. HowardFor 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.
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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.