§ Mr. Don FosterTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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. [33849]
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§ Mr. MacShaneThe number of contracts let by FCO and its agency to these companies and the payments to each of them over the period concerned is as follows:
(i) Ernst and Young: 4 contracts:
year £ 1997–98 nil 1998–99 58,441 1999–2000 55,107 2000–01 nil 2001–02 47,00 (ii) KPMG: 5 contracts:
year £ 1997–98 nil 1998–99 nil 1999–2000 308,874 2000–01 4,093,390 2001–02 2,013,554 (iii) PWC consulting/Pricewaterhouse Coopers:
1 contact:
year £ 1997–98 nil 1998–99 759,520 1999–2000 54,337 2000–01 nil 2001–02 nil No contacts were awarded to Deloitte & Touche or Anderson during this period.