Information requested on the purpose and value of every consultancy assignment could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Expenditure by the core-Department with the five firms identified, for the first 10 months of financial year 2007-08, and the financial year 2006-07 is:
Vendor April 2007-January 2008 2006-07 KPMG 150,557.58 934,652.07 PricewaterhouseCoopers 155,593.37 2,478,503.11 Ernst and Young 213,790.23 63,767.26 McKinsey 276,125.00 — Deloitte and Touche 48,521.63 138,269.29 Deloitte MCS 5,198,320.10 1,157,656.14