§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many contracts were let by his Department and agencies for which he is responsible to(a) PWC Consulting or PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Ernst & Young, (c) Deloitte & Touche, (d) KPMG and (e) Andersen for consultancy services for the financial years (i) 1997–98, (ii) 1998–99, (iii) 1999–2000, (iv) 2000–01 and (v) 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, indicating the remuneration in each case. [33853]
§ Mr. WillsThe information requested is as follows:
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Number of contracts £ (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers (i) 1997–98 3 460,056 (ii) 1998–99 9 2,193,703 (iii) 1999–2000 3 360,693 (iv) 2000–01 4 65,812 (v) 2001 to date 3 73,717 (b) Ernst & Young (i) 1997–98 0 — (ii) 1998–99 1 227,588 (iii) 1999–2000 1 29,375 (iv) 2000–01 2 481,749 (v) 2002 to date 3 301,720 (c) Deloitte & Touche (i) 1997–98 0 — (ii) 1998–99 1 231,475 (iii) 1999–2000 4 77,546 (iv) 2000–01 4 193,778 (v) 2001 to date 11 905,050 (d) KPMG (i) 1997–98 3 340,426 (ii) 1998–99 1 1,433 (iii) 1999–2000 3 56,025 (iv) 2000–01 1 4,183 (v) 2001 to date 1 29,375 (e) Anderson1 — — 1 No contracts have been during the time period stated. Northern Ireland Court Service could not produce figures for 1997–98 as the information is not stored on their current accounting system.