HC Deb 22 February 1999 vol 326 cc139-40W
Mr. Ruffley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the services that KPMG have performed for his Department(a) since 1 May 1997 and (b) in the corresponding period prior to 1 May 1997, indicating the remuneration made in each case. [72009]

Ms Jowell

Detailed information about the services provided for the Department by KPMG, and their costs, are not held centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The total for all expenditure on services provided by KPMG is:

Year £
1995–96 471,767
1996–97 298,897
1997–98 331,058
1998–99 (until 9 February) 115,068
plus £21,949 for work commissioned by the National Health Service Estates Agency between September 1995 and March 1997.