§ Lord Cocks of Hartcliffe asked the Chairman of Committees:
§ What consultancies on the development of parliamentary services are in progress or have recently been completed, and at what cost
§ The Chairman of Committees (Lord Boston of Faversham)In the course of the current financial year the House of Lords has used consultants in connection with the following:
- Computerisation of Lords attendance records (£30,198);
- Central Computing and Telecommunications Agency services (£4,018);
- House of Lords teletext project (£11,426);
- Refreshment Department shop sales computerisation (£9,317).
The House has also contributed to the following consultancies appointed in conjunction with the House of Commons:
- Message handling study (£23,725);
- Mail study (£3,772).
All figures are inclusive of VAT. The figures for the message handling and mail study consultancies are the House of Lords share of the total cost.
This Answer excludes consultancies which have been appointed by the House of Commons alone, and consultancies used by the Parliamentary Works Department.