HC Deb 08 January 2002 vol 377 cc586-8W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, pursuant to his answer of 22 November 2001,Official Report, column 390W, on consultants, if he will list for each of the consultants and advisers named (a) the length of their contract including start and finish dates, (b) whether they were appointed after open competition, (c) the job specification for their contract, (d) the cost to his Department of their contract, (e) other contracts which they have with his Department and (f) other contracts held with other Government Departments. [19781]

Mr. Byers

For(a), (b) and (c), the information requested is as follows:

AEA Technology Rail

This contract, which related to rail passenger demand profiles and lasted for one month in July 2001, was let by the Association of Train Operating Companies.

Allen and Overy

  1. (a) Four years three months from January 1998 to March 2002
  2. (b) No
  3. (c) Advice on the Channel Tunnel Concession Agreement

AON

This contract, which relates to insurance advice on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, was let by Schroder Salomon Smith Barney.

Arthur Andersen

  1. (a)On going from September 2001
  2. (b)No
  3. (c)Accountancy advice on matters relating to Railtrack

Booz Allen and Hamilton

This contract, which related to Eurostar passenger and revenue forecasts and lasted for 15 months from February 2000 to May 2001, was let by Mott Parsons Gibb.

Clifford Chance

  1. (a)Two years from October 1999 to October 2001
  2. (b)Yes
  3. (c)Legal advice on the Transport Bill

CMS Cameron McKenna

  1. (a)On-going from May 1996
  2. (b)Yes
  3. (c)Legal advice on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, extended to advice on matters relating to Railtrack in August 2001

Deloitte and Touche

This contract, which concerns accountancy advice on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, was let by Schroder Salomon Smith Barney.

Ernst and Young

  1. (a)Six weeks from August to October 2001
  2. (b)No
  3. (c)Accountancy advice on matters relating to Railtrack and (as a contingency in the event of the Secretary of State refusing Railtrack plc's request for additional funding and of a railway administration order being made) on administration matters generally.

Eversheds

  1. (a)Call-off contract on-going from October 1999
  2. (b)Yes
  3. (c)Advice on rail pension issues

KPMG

  1. (a)On-going from June 1992
  2. (b)Yes
  3. (c)Accountancy and taxation advice on the implementation of rail privatisation; currently advising on post-privatisation, residual taxation matters

MDS Transmodal

  1. (a)Six weeks from August to September 2001
  2. (b)No
  3. (c)Multi-modal freight forecasts

Mercers Management Consulting

  1. (a)On-going from August 2001
  2. (b)No
  3. (c)Management consultancy advice on matters relating to Railtrack

Mott Parsons Gibb

  1. (a)On-going from May 1996
  2. (b)Yes
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  3. (c) Project representatives for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link

NERA

This contract, which concerns economic advice, was let by Mercers Management Consulting.

Oscar Faber

  1. (a)On-going from April 2001
  2. (b)Yes
  3. (c)Development of a national rail model

Peter Davidson Consultancy

  1. (a)On-going from July 2001
  2. (b)No
  3. (c)Updating of 1997 rail ticket sales data profiles

PricewaterhouseCoopers

This contract, which concerned a Freightliner grant application, finished in August 2000.

Saunders and Dolleymore

  1. (a) Six years from April 1997 to March 2003
  2. (b) Yes
  3. (c) Trade mark services in connection with the "double arrows" logo

Saxton Bampfylde Hever

  1. (a) Call-off contract; advice from June to October 2001
  2. (b) Yes
  3. (c) Advice on senior recruitment

Schroder Salomon Smith Barney

  1. (a) On-going from June 1996
  2. (b) Yes
  3. (c) Financial advice on the Channel Tunnel Rail Link

Schroder Salomon Smith Barney

  1. (a) On-going from August 2001
  2. (b) No
  3. (c) Financial advice on matters relating to Railtrack

SEMA Group UK

  1. (a) On-going from July 2001
  2. (b) No
  3. (c) Provision of an extract of 2000 rail ticket sales data

United Kingdom Accreditation Service

  1. (a) One year from November 2001 to October 2002
  2. (a) No
  3. (c) Development of an assessment regime for applicants for appointment as notified bodies for the High Speed Rail Interoperability Directive (Council Directive 96/48/EC).

For individual consultants and advisers, the information requested under (d) is commercially confidential but, for all of them together, just over £10 million has been spent in the last twelve months.

Information on (e) and (f) is not recorded centrally.