§ Mr. WatsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what contracts his Department has with KPMG; and what the value is of each one. [31319]
Ms Blears: The Department has six contracts with KPMG for the financial year 2001–02, to date. This includes five small contracts with individual values of £11,720, £1,283, £1,012, £18,898 and £1,499. The sixth is an on-going framework contract, managed by national health service estates on behalf of the Department, for which it is not possible to give a final value but where expenditure to date is £0.97 million.