Since the Ministry of Justice was only formed on 9 May 2007, my response refers to the former Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) and those bodies which were formerly part of the Home Office which are now part of the new Department.
DCA
(a) A framework contract exists with Kelly Services for the supply of temporary agency workers to cover administrative posts. In the financial year ending 31 March 2007, expenditure with them was £8.08 million. DCA did use other agencies, but information relating to them is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
(b) Annex 1 lists those consultancy contracts that were in place on 1 April 2007.
Office for Criminal Justice Reform (PCJR)
(a) Knight Employment Limited and Manpower are used to cover temporary administrative posts. In April 2007, expenditure with Knight Employment Limited was £30,000 and in the financial year ending 31 March 2008, expenditure with Manpower is expected to be £90,000. Information relating to the use of other agencies is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
(b) Annex 2 lists consultancy contracts in place on 1 April 2007.
National Offender Management Service (NOMS)
(a) In the financial year ending 31 March 2007, £2,298,876 was spent with employment agencies to cover temporary administrative posts. The top five employment agencies used, in terms of expenditure, were Adecco, Hays, Manpower, Reed Personnel and Brook Street.
(b) Information on current consultancy contracts is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, Annex 3 lists consultancy contracts in place from 1 February 2006 to 28 February 2007.
HM Prison Service (HMPS)
(a) In the financial year ending 31 March 2007, the following companies, together with expenditure details, were used to supply agency workers to cover temporary administrative posts:
Adecco UK Limited—£964,993
Brook Street (UK) Limited—£1.2 million
Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited—£840,784
Manpower UK Limited—£279,909
Reed Employment plc—£914,190.
(b) Information on current consultancy contracts is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, Annex 4 lists consultancy contracts in place during the financial year ending 31 March 2007.
Consultancy Project Approximate value (£) PA Consulting Business change management consultancy 100,000 Penna Business change management consultancy 35,000 CMAS Consultancy services connected with Charter Mark 46,000 IPSOS Mori Three-year HM Courts Service customer user survey 1.08 million PA Consulting Business change management consultancy 972,000 John Garnett Specialist estates advice 52,000 PA Consulting Business change management consultancy 54,000 Parity Public Guardianship Office customer satisfaction survey 39,000 Logica CMG Provision of management information and business planning services to Tribunals Service 302,000 Matrix Research Consultancy Evaluation of the dedicated Drug Court pilots. 250,000
Consultancy Project Approximate value (£) PA Consulting To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the CJS, to aid the development/management of both the business case and the change processes. 50,435 Qi Consulting To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the CJS, to aid the development/management of both the business case and the change processes. 37,128 CapGemini To improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the CJS, to aid the development/management of both the business case and the change processes. 20,566 Matrix To develop the minimum dataset to improve data on Race across the CJS 50,000
Consultant Project Approximate value KPMG Delivery of operating model to define NOMS's future organisational structure 95,000 HR Data Warehouse Proof of Concept of development of NPD HR Data Warehouse 90,000 KPMG Support for Performance Management Project Team 46,000 KPMG Development of Offender Management Standards 39,150 NESCO Revised Offender Assessment System Training arrangements 88,200 OGC Market Readiness of Potential Suppliers for Commissioning and Contestability Unit 50,000 Vice Versa Projects Vice Versa Projects—Provision of NOMS Roadshows 30,000 KPMG Review of HQ Structure 346,600 NESCO Data migration and harmonisation for C-NOMIS Project 143,000 OGC Confidence in Delivery Assessment on C-NOMIS 25,000 KPMG Programme Management 40,800 Bath Consultancy Group Pathways to Reducing Re-Offending: Mapping the Services in the East of England 13,000 KPMG Headcount Reduction Project 60,000 McKinsey NOMS Change Programme 340,000 OGC Compile business case for revised governance procedures 7,500 McKinsey West of Midlands and Families of Offenders Project Specification 250,000 OGC Consultancy support for managing multiple Refresh Workstreams 126,000 OGC Martin Connor—to produce business case for Violent Offender and Sex Offender Register (ViSOR) Project. 16,000 DeMontfort University Risk of Harm Guidance and Training Manual 87,420 KPMG Development of Estates Strategy 113,200 OGC Commercial and Operational Advisor for contestability programme 249,696 Simon Merrington Offender Assessment System Chapter 2 review and rewrite 5,000 Concerto Consulting Review of Commercial and Competitions Unit 59,000 KPMG Support for the development of a new NOMS performance management system 700,000 OGC Compile business case commissioning programme 4,314 ASE C-NOMIS Contracts and Live Services Manager 189,900 McKinsey NOMS Business Design 300,000 KPMG Portfolio management support to NOMS Programme Directorate 80,000 Shepherd Consulting Stock take of the first stage of commissioning 40,000 Dr. Nigel Young Investigation of production of lists of prisoners for Random Mandatory Drug Testing by two new systems 1,000 McKinsey NOMS Business Design 250,000 Hartley McMaster Ltd. Performance planning and diagnostic data 32,000 Avril Consulting Electronic Monitoring Team Review 37,875 PA Consulting Electronic Data Systems—Wide Area Network Review 63,000 KPMG Development of Operating Model for NOMS HQ 74,000 SJC Howard To provide advice on NOMS system design and other strategic advice 16,000 PUK To provide support for the delivery of the Commercial and Operational Assurance Project (COAP) 30,000 Bilkis Malik Diversity Consultant for Independent Monitoring Board 45,000 Deloittes Commercial and Operational Assurance Project 40,000 Deloittes To advise on the sale of equity for Serco PFI Contracts 10,000 CPI Support to hold three seminars on co-commissioning framework between the Home Office and DoH 46,700 TWP Merseyside Mersey Consortium 20,000 Diverse Solutions 2005 Ltd. Equality and Diversity Quality Assurance and Support 20,000 MITP To develop a scoring system for the Community Adapted Sex Offender Treatment Programme (C.ASOTP) 10,000 MITP Scoring System for Psychometric Assessments 10,000 Nigel Spencer Consultants Consultancy re foreign national prisoners 10,000 Catalyst IS Ltd. Support the delivery of PECS Risk Management Workshop 2,850 Partnerships UK Refinancing Advice 15,000 Eversheds Refinancing/Legal Advice 15,000 CPI Outcome-based regional commissioning plan 14,900 Mason Communications Appointment of technical adviser for Videolinks 36,000 Ionann Management Consultants Support to equality impact assess the strategy for delivering effective services for women offenders in the community 8,000 Ionann Management Consultants Support to equality impact assess the use or non-use of interpreters in interventions programmes for offenders 13,000 PWC To identify providers of offender management and interventions services in Wales 34,780 McKinsey Facilitation of a Programme Delivery Board away day 10,000 OGC To carry out review of e-Offender Assessment System application and IAPS 26,100 Sand Resources Ltd. To represent the Home Office on security matters 8,000 Catalyst Ltd. To run risk workshop for senior management team 1,900 Dr. Dorothy Newbury-Birch Analysis of alcohol needs of newly sentenced offenders 8,000 Henley Software Public Protection and License Release Unit 66,125 Finnamore Consultants Facilitate planning workshop 20,000 Ad Esse Consulting Offender employment performance target and measures 90,000 Churchill, Minty & Friend Consultancy support to develop a framework for auditing purposes for the Disability Equality Scheme and evaluate 20,000 Mouchel Parkman Consultants Electronic model for drug treatment 20,000 Hartley McMaster Ltd. Development of new NOMS performance management system—Performance Management Rating System 45,000 PWC Probation Resource Model 93,650 Professor Barry Goldson Review of Immigration Removal Centre survey methodology 3,500 Stanton Marris NOMS Top Team Away day 5,200 CPI Design and develop operational specification for new prisons 10,000 CPI Workshop analysis: Isle of Sheppey Cluster proposals 7,375 Navigant Bidders Forum Workshop 6,800 Greater Manchester Probation Area Reconfigure IT systems in NW Probation 10,000 Ionann Management Consultants Consultancy services to support legal and good practice of NOMS delivery of Equality/Diversity 32,300 Trevor Cobley Commissioned for a leak enquiry and security review 30,000 PUK Design, Construct, Manage, Finance prisons 29,400 Jenny Rayner Facilitate NOMS Board Risk workshop 7,000 COI Consultant from COI to support work of the Change Strategy Review Team 31,625 OGC CIDA 40,000 Bird & Bird Legal adviser service 50,000
Consultancy Project Approximate value (£) Hudsons Software Design Consultant 18,000 Morgan Hunt Statistician 33,480 IES Independent Review of Job Evaluation System 10,000 IES Impact Analysis for Movement to Pay and Grading System 41,400 University of Cambridge Extension of grant to University of Cambridge PRC 668,000 PWC Benchmarking Services 100,000 Udakka Ltd. Exit Survey 25,000 Helen Sandwell Nutrition, the Drug Strategy Support Unit 30,000 University of Cambridge Prison Research Centre—Extension to Cambridge 12,478 lan Charters Review of Business Continuity Plans 10,000 University of Cambridge Assurance and management research (Phd) 38,000 Cardiff University European Social Fund Grant Evaluation 19,015 Institute of Employment Studies Extension for IES 10,000 Hudson Software Design Consultant 9,000 Manchester University Review of Deaths in Segregation 22,000