§ Mr. Austin MitchellTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the contracts agreed by his Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997; and what was the total value of contracts with each. [42107]
§ Angela EagleThe available information on the contracts agreed with the Home Department with the five largest accountancy firms since May 1997 are as follows:
Company/contracts
- Ernst & Young—Total: £1,952,828
- corporate planning facilitation
- project feasibility study
- youth inclusion programme
- Departmental review
- study of National Agency for confiscation of criminal assets
Pricewaterhousecoopers—Total: £7,572,321
275W
- quantum
- preparation of in house bid
- immigration & nationality directorate consultancy
- support of preparation of in house bid
- development of prisons cost model
- wider markets review
- advertising costs to recruit the Director of Police Standards Unit
- technology review for Criminal Records Bureau
- development of Police Standards Unit programme of work
- recruitment of Director General of Resources and Performance
- development of resource accounting
Deloitte & Touche—Total: £145,800
- consulting on VAT and tax implications for the new police training organisation
- productivity review
KPMG—Total £382,729
- bench marking of court escorts
- implementations of National Audit Office recommendations
- review of involvement in inspection of prisons
- development of financial systems
Note:
The Home Office has not awarded any contracts to Anderson for the period in question.