§ Mr. RuffleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security 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. [72012]
Date Service provided Value (£) 7–31 May 1996 Consultancy support for ITSA's Management Team review of lessons learnt from recent PFI and out sourcing exercises 24,462 12–30 August 1996 Review of Financial Systems that form part of the Accounting Requirement for Shared System Infrastructure—part of the emerging corporate IS/IT strategy 17,010 5 August 1996–22 November 1996 Consultant to undertake pre-feasibility study of Programme Accounting Group (PAG) computer systems capabilities for debt management 81,400 12 November 1996–31 December 1996 Programme Accounting Group (PAG) systems development work on the Accounting Systems 364,500 21 October 1996–24 January 1997 Programme Accounting Group (PAG) Consultancy for Third Party Payment Purchasing study 118,471.70 5–26 February 1997 Independent review of Departmental Year 2000 Project 17,745 10 February 1997–4 April 1997 IS/IT Systems Support for Programme Accounting Groups (PAG) Computer System 33,250 9 June 1997–3 October 1997 Consultant to review/assess and analyse opportunities within ITSA's Customer Service Function 53,025 14 July 1997–31 January 1998 Program Accounting Group (PAG) Project Manager for Benefits Agency Financial System enhancements 63,000 16 March 1998–30 September 1998 Assisting Banking and Allocation Branch in the evaluation of ACCORD Proposals 386,815 13 October 1997–12 October 1998 Assisting Banking and Allocation Branch in defining the requirement for MIS, Financial control and accounting for the ACCORD project and Modern Service Programme 437,400 25 November 1997–31 March 1999 Assisting Banking Allocation Branch to further develop MIS and Financial Strand of Modern Service Programme work 399,600 Total 1,996,678.70