HC Deb 03 March 1997 vol 291 cc471-2W
Mr. Alan Howarth

To ask the Attorney-General if he will list the contracts awarded by his Department to(a) EDS, (b) Andersens, (c) BMI, (d) Capita and (e) Sema since 1992 and the broad function to be carried out by the contractor and the value of the contract in each case. [17603]

The Attorney-General

The Crown Prosecution Service has entered into the following contracts since 1 April 1993.1

Contractor Number of contracts Value £ Function
Capita Three 47,674 Management consultancy (management information systems)
7,109 Management consultancy (corporate objectives)
4,567 Accounting system consultancy

Contractor Number of contracts Value £ Function
Sema Three 41,259 System analysis
6,412 IT consultancy (network address study)
11,750 IT network consultancy (network feasibility study)

No other contracts have been awarded by any of my departments or agencies to any of the named contractors during that period. This does not include orders placed with the GCat catalogue operated by EDS.

1 Detailed information prior to 1 April 1993 is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.