To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount spent by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise in 1989 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases; if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise in 1989, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment; and what is the total amount that Her Majesty's Customs and Excise has budgeted to spend in the current year.
The total amount spent by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise in the financial year 1989–90 was £3,251,798.The consultancy firms awarded contracts in management and computer consultancy, excluding hardware arid software purchases, are as follows:
Consultancy firm
| Contracts
|
| BIS Applied Systems | Cabling Requirement Partnership Agreement |
| Branton Kenton | General Training Consultancy |
| British Telecom | DAS Network Consultancy |
| Bull HN | Cedric Technical Support |
| CCTA | Service and Support Agreements |
| Change Matters | Development Training |
| Comshare | Operational Planning System |
| Consultancy Lecturing | Computer Training |
| Coopers Lybrand | Management Information System |
| D. Megginson Associates | Development Training |
| Datafit | VAT System Software Development |
| Deloitte Haskins Sells | Personnel System |
| EOSYS | Cabling Study |
| Ernst and Young | Information Management Study Expert System for VAT Control Staff |
| Expertech | Expert System Development |
| F. E. J. Peach | Computer Training |
| Hoskyns Group plc | Chief Consultancy |
| ICL | Local User Requirement Analysis Computer Training |
| Inforem | Business Analysis |
| Langdon Systems Ltd. | Computer Training |
| LBMS | VAT II Consultancy |
| Logica UK Ltd. | Seizure System for Heathrow Partnership Agreement |
| M. E. Parkinson | VAT Training |
| Max A. Eggart | General Training Consultancy |
| Meritkeen Ltd. | General Training Consultancy |
| Metron | Capacity Management Planning |
| MFT Computer Systems | Central Tariff Quota Unit Mini Computer Strategy Study |
| Oasis Ltd. | Knowledge Based System |
| Octagon | Telephone Management Initiative |
| Onsite Training Ltd. | Computer Training |
| P. A. Consulting Group | Chief Project Support Forward Plan Study Project Management Cadre VAT II Relocation Study |
| Performance Systems Incorporated | Capacity Management Consultancy Personnel Recruitment System |
| PPA | Computer Training |
| Praxis | Project Planning System Performance Related Pay |
Consultancy firm
| Contracts
|
| Price Waterhouse | Single European Market Strategy |
| Rede Group | Quality Management Initiative |
| Regional Software | Consultancy Support |
| Samna | Word Processing Study |
| SJB Communications | Telecoms Consultancy |
| Soft Options | Software Evaluation |
| Style Conferences | Audio Visual Study General Training Consultancy |
| TDA Consultancy Group | Development Training |
| Thorn EMI | VAT Measures Consultancy |
| Touche Ross | Operational Planning System Chief Technical Assurance |
| University of Bath | Local Delegation Study |
| Welcom Software International | Chief Project Cost Management |
| Yale Data | Integrated Tariff |
The total amount budgeted to be spent in the year 1990–91 by Her Majesty's Customs and Excise is £4,544,000.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount spent by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1989 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases; if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by Her Majesty's Stationery Office in 1989, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment; and what is the total amount that Her Majesty's Stationery Office has budgeted to spend in the current year.
The total amount spent in 1989 was £290,000 and the budget for 1990 is £480,000.The following contracts were awarded in 1989:
| Firm | Subject of Assignment |
| NCC | Advice on electronic data interchange |
| Batalas | Quality assurance audit (BS 5750) |
| Mortiboys | Quality assurance audit (BS 5750) |
| David Hutchins Associates | Total quality management |
| CCTA | General IT consultancy |
| OASIS | Business supplies development |
| Touche Ross | Data administration standards |
| Touche Ross | Preliminary accountancy system design |
| D. Harris Associates | Post implementation reviews of IT projects |
| Technigraphic Bristol Ltd. | Design and manage building works |
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the total amount spent by the Inland Revenue in 1989 on management and computer consultancy contracts, excluding hardware and software purchases; if he will list each management or computer consultancy contract awarded by the Inland Revenue in 1989, giving in each case the name of the consultancy firm and the subject of the assignment; and what is the total amount that the Inland Revenue has budgeted to spend in the current year.
The amount spent by the Inland Revenue in the financial year 1989–90 on management and computer consultancy contracts excluding hardware and software purchases is expected to be about £16·1 million.The Inland Revenue has awarded the following consultancy contracts in 1989–90:
Touche Ross Management Consultants: Records Management
Printing Industry Research Association: Reprographics
HMSO Technical Services: Reprographics
Organisations and Systems Innovations Ltd.: BROCS Project Office
Oracle (UK) Ltd.: Systems development
Henley Business Systems Ltd.: Evaluation of MIDAS software
Expertech: Expert systems for BROCS
Gmb Support Ltd.: IR Suggestions Scheme
BIS Applied Systems Ltd.: Security risk assessment of systems
IMB UK Ltd.: Systems development
Trident Computer Services Ltd.: COVA project support
Inforem: Technical support
A budget of £17 million has been allocated by the Inland Revenue for the financial year 1990–91.