HC Deb 13 May 2004 vol 421 cc491-2W
Mr. Clapham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which management consultants undertook work for(a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) London Underground in respect of the London Underground Public Private Partnership; and if he will list the total payments in each management consultancy company. [171222]

Mr. McNulty

During procurement of the Public Private Partnership (PPP) the Department and London Underground made joint use of external advisers wherever possible to keep costs to a minimum. Management consultants used on the PPP were PricewaterhouseCoopers, Arthur Andersen, PA Consulting, KPMG, Hornagold & Hills and Ernst & Young. The value of work done by individual consultants and advisers is commercially confidential. London Underground's total expenditure for all external advice on the PPP— including management consultancy legal, financial, engineering and operational advice— was £103.5 million. The Department had separately spent £1.5 million on external advice.