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Mr. Milburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will indicate which five consultancy firms have received most contracts from his Department (a) by number of contracts and (b) monetary value in the last five years for which figures are available. [33436]
Sir John Wheeler
The information is as follows:
| (a) by number of contracts | |
| Name of company | Number of contracts |
| Coopers and Lybrand | 235 |
| Touche Ross | 139 |
| Price Waterhouse | 123 |
| Ernst and Young | 80 |
| Capita | 71 |
| (b) by monetary value | |
| Name of company | Consultancy fees and expenses £ million |
| Coopers and Lybrand | 4.93 |
| Denton Hall Burgen and Wane | 1— |
| Price Waterhouse | 1.93 |
| Rothschild and Sons | 1— |
| Touche Ross | 4.47 |
| 1 As Denton Hall Burgen and Warrens, and Rothschild have been employed only on one consultancy contract, details of the fees and expenses would breach commercial confidentiality. | |
Mr. Milburn
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many contracts his Department has had with consultants; and what has been the total cost of the last five years. [33573]
Sir John Wheeler
The information is as follows:
| Financial year | Number of contracts | Cost £ |
| 1990–91 | 529 | 7,610,744 |
| 1991–92 | 478 | 12,938,631 |
| 1992–93 | 584 | 8,570,192 |
| 1993–94 | 805 | 12,124,283 |
| 1994–95 | 686 | 5,625,185 |