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Departmental Contracts

Volume 470: debated on Tuesday 22 January 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) objectives and (b) value was of each contract placed with (i) Deloitte and Touche, (ii) Ernst and Young, (iii) KPMG, (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers and (v) PA Consulting by her Department its predecessor Department and its agencies in each year since 2004-05. (179035)

The total amount spent by the Department centrally with the five companies since 2004-05 is as follows

£000

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08 to date

Total

Deloitte and Touche

882

1,653

241

86

2,862

Ernst and Young

434

763

18

0

1,215

KPMG

921

550

356

476

2,303

Pricewaterhouse- Coopers

926

970

1,338

1,099

4,333

PA Consulting

9,457

12,047

8,840

6,126

36,470

The nature of each contract involved could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 12 December 2007, Official Report, column 554W, and to the answer given to the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs. May) on 14 June 2007, Official Report, column 1170W, which give details of certain departmental contracts.

The amounts spent by the Department’s agencies and nature of the contracts are set out as follows.

£000

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

Total

Nature of contract(s)

Fire Service College

Deloitte and Touche

3

0

0

0

0

Risk Management Workshop

Ernst and Young

0

0

0

0

0

KPMG

0

0

0

0

0

PricewaterhouseCoopers

26

0

0

0

26

Pay and Grading Review

PA Consulting

0

0

0

0

0

Ordnance Survey

Deloitte and Touche

0

13

0

0

13

2005-06: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Advice

2006-07: Computer Audit Services

Ernst and Young

0

0

0

0

0

KPMG

0

0

0

0

0

PricewaterhouseCoopers

7

9

0

5

21

2004-05: Investigation of IFRS implementation impact

2005-06: Internal Audit

2005-06 and 2007-08: Agency Performance Monitor Review

PA Consulting

0

0

0

0

0

Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre has not used the services of any of these companies. Information for the Planning Inspectorate could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.