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Consultants

Volume 455: debated on Thursday 18 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 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. (115202)

Details of external consultants used by the Department for Communities and Local Government in relation to private finance initiatives in 2005-06 including the nature and cost of work is shown in the following table. With regard to the Department’s agencies, there was no use of external consultants in connection with private finance initiatives in 2005-06.

Consultancy

Nature of work

Costs of work (£)

Partnerships UK

Development of financial appraisal model for use with housing PFI projects

25,000

Robson Rhodes

Audit of the housing PFI financial model

5,000

Partnerships UK

Support for DCLG in respect of the financial collapse of Jarvis in relation to the Tyne and Wear fire and rescue PFI project

10,000

PA Consulting

Evaluation of housing PFI programme

51,628