HC Deb 07 September 2004 vol 424 cc1095-6W
Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many contracts have been let by his Department in each financial year since 2001–02 to(a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Deloitte and Touche, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst and Young for advising his Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts; and what fees were paid in each case. [182266]

Mr. Hutton

The table shows details of the number of contracts and fees paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers, Deloitte and Touche, KPMG and Ernst and Young since 2001–02 by the Department for advising on the private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts.

PwC Deloitte

and

Touche

 KMPG Ernst and

Young
2001–02
Number of contracts 1 0 2 1—
25,000
Fees (£) 23,818 — 25,000 1—
2002–03
Number of contracts 0 3 0 1—
50,529
20,623
Fees (£) — 221,803 0 1—
2003–04
Number of contracts 0 2 1 1—
189,772
Fees (£) — 71,557 58,321 1—
2004–05
Number of contracts 0 0 1 1—
Fees (£) — — 17,500 1—
1No contracts awarded.
2Sub-contracted to Davis Langdon Everest.

Matthew Taylor

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many contracts and what fees(a) Barclays, (b) the Royal Bank of Scotland, (c) UBS Warburg and (d) the Bank of Scotland received for advising his Department on private finance initiative and public private partnership contracts in each financial year since 2001–02. [186674]

Mr. Hutton

No contracts have been awarded to any of the companies listed in the question.