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Consultants

Volume 455: debated on Tuesday 16 January 2007

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs which external consultants were used by (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies in relation to private finance initiatives in 2005-06; and what the nature and cost of the work was in each case. (115199)

No external consultants were used by DCA in relation to private finance initiatives in 2005-06. Eight external consultants were used by its agency (HM Courts Service) across five PFI courthouse schemes with expenditure totalling £702,494.38 in 2005-06. Details of each are as follows:

Scheme

Consultant

Type

Amount (£)

Hereford, Kidderminster, Worcester and Redditch Magistrates Courts

Michemores

Legal

5,381.59

Derbyshire and Chesterfield Magistrates Court

Wragge and Co

Legal

18,791.94

Austin Smith Lord

Technical

32,132.74

Exeter Combined Courts

Lambert Smith Hampton

Estates

21,108.27

Michelmores

Legal

3,344.89

King Sturge

Estates

4,100.75

Sheffield Family Hearing Centre

Denton Wilde Sapte

Legal

1,501.61

North Somerset (Worle) and Bristol Magistrates Courts

Wragge and Co

Legal

23,763.15

Turner and Townsend

Project Management

580,226.93

Michemores

Legal

1,745.52

PWC

Financial

10,396.99

Total

702,494.38