§ David DavisTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will list external(a) public relations/communications companies, (b) advertising and
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Companies/consultancies used between June 2001 and August 2002 Net expenditure with companies/consultancies listed and services performed (a) Public relations/communications companies Analogue Gyrographic Communications Ltd. Public Relations/Communications Services:£0.007 million Design of a website and design of an annual report (b) Advertising and marketing companies None Advertising and marketing services: Nil expenditure (c) Management consultancies and specialist consultancies 1 Management and specialist consultancy services:£7.36 million2 PA Consulting Group Provision of expert professional advice and support on specific, time-limited tasks, usually in connection with projects, but sometimes in support of the on-going operation of the Department. Services performed include customer and market surveys, risk assessments, provision of technical advice (eg on IT security, health and safety), undertaking specific studies and reviews and supporting the implementation of major projects and programmes. CMG UK Ltd. ASE Consulting AMTEC Banner McBride C. International Ltd. PricewaterhouseCoopers Stanton Marris Ltd. The current level of expenditure reflects the wide-ranging and fast-paced programme to modernise the courts and the tribunal system to increase efficiency, provide better customer service, and value for money for the tax payer. PKF Metropolitan Investigations Acrobat Butcher Doulton Communications Delivering such a programme has necessitated the use of external expertise and skills to supplement the Department's own resources. BDO Stoy Hayward Arthur D. Little Parity Penna Inform Consulting Insight Consulting Ltd. Suffolk CCWS TSO Consulting BMI Health Services Yale Consulting Deloitte Consulting Paver Downes WS Atkins Planning and Management Consultants Ltd. Wheelers CESG VP Treen Mc Bains Cooper R. Verney Team Management Systems Lombard Street Cornwall Associates ORC International DBi Consulting Ltd. Gartner Solving AEM Ltd. Improcom Ltd. Ward Dutton BMRB Ionnan Kelly Services SchlumbergerSema CMC Hays Consultancy and Solutions (d) Accountancy companies Accountancy services£0.29 million Kidsons General accountancy advice and advice on pension arrangements Deloitte Consulting PKF SD Partners Ltd. marketing companies, (c) management consultancies, (d)accountancy companies, (e) banking firms, (f) individual consultants and (g) other specialist consultancies used by her Department since June 2001; what actions those consultancies/companies have performed within her Department; and what costs have been incurred through use of these consultancies/companies. [74687]
§ Yvette CooperThe Department's use of external companies/consultancies, in the categories requested and between 1 June 2001 to 31 August 2002, was as follows:
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Companies/consultancies used between June 2001 and August 2002 Net expenditure with companies/consultancies listed and services performed (e) Banking firms None Banking services: Nil expenditure (h) Individual consultants 3 4— (i) Other specialist consultancies4 4— 1 Management and specialist consultancies are listed together as many consultancies provide both types of service. 2 £0.34 million of the £7.36 million was with individual consultants. 3 In addition to the management and specialist consultancy companies listed, 33 individual consultants were used. 4 See (c).