§ Mr. HobanTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the value of contracts awarded by the Department to(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) KPMG, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) Deloitte and Touche, (e) McK[...]nsey, (f) Bain and Co., (g) CfBT, (h) Westminster Education Consultants and (i) VT Education was in (i) 2001, (ii) 2002 and (iii) 2003. [160054]
§ Mr. Stephen Twigg[holding answer 9 March 2004]: My Department does not hold a central record of individual contracts. However, our financial records show the 617W following total payments made by the Department to (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) KPMG, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) Deloitte and Touche, (e) McKinsey, (f) Bain and Co., (g) CfBT, (h) Westminster Education Consultants and (i) VT Education in financial years 2001–02, 2002–03 and 2003–04 to date.
£ Organisation 2001–02 2002–03 2003–to date PricewaterhouseCoopers 5,349,686 3,847,542 3,503,286 KPMG 396,353 1,014,559 1,312,198 Ernst and Young 0 38,449 0 Deloitte and Touche 275,594 201,670 242,971 McKinsey 0 0 0 Bain and Co. 0 0 0 CfBT1 47,072,194 55,759,330 36,406,560 Westminster Education Consultants 1,045,168 1,172,785 691,842 VT Education 0 0 0 1The payments to CfBT are principally represented by the National Strategies. This contract represents around 80 per cent. of the total CfBT costs shown