HC Deb 30 April 2002 vol 384 cc699-700W
Annabelle Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the(a) number and (b) value of contracts awarded by his Department to (i) Arthur Andersen, (ii) Deloitte Touche, (ii) Ernst and Young, (iv) KPMG and (v) PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants in each year since 1997. [34989]

Angela Eagle

The available information on the number and value of contracts awarded by the Home Department to (i) Arthur Andersen, (ii) Deloitte and Touche, (iii) Ernst and Young, (iv) KPMG and (v) PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants in each year since 1997 is as follows:

Company Number of contracts Value £
1997–98
Ernst and Young 1 10,665
KPMG 2 178,756
1998–99
Ernst and Young 1 35,250
PricewaterhouseCoopers 2 70,440
KPMG 2 178,973
1999–2000
PricewaterhouseCoopers 5 7,119,027
KPMG 1 25,000
Ernst and Young 2 311,000
Deloitte and Touche 1 130,000
2000–01
PricewaterhouseCoopers 3 253,999
Ernst and Young 2 1,166,913
2001 to date
PricewaterhouseCoopers 3 128,855
Deloitte and Touche 1 15,800
Ernst and Young 1 429,000

Note:

The Home Office has not awarded any contracts to Andersen for the period in question.

Contracts were awarded following civil service rules.