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Departmental Contracts

Volume 474: debated on Thursday 3 April 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what contracts were awarded by his Department to (a) KPMG, (b) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) McKinsey, (e) Deloitte and (f) other consultancy firms in each of the last 12 months; and what the (i) purpose and (ii) value was of each of these contracts. (196587)

The Ministry of Justice was established on 9 May 2007. Information for the last 12 months is not available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Details of consultancy firms used by my Department in the period from April 2007 until September 2007 are provided in the following schedule.

Service Provider

Brief service description

Expenditure April to September 2006-07 (£)

2020 Delivery

12 weeks RDS help to increase capacity for statistical analysis and modelling

83,000

Mike Lock

Review IT system for collating management information for Parole Board

2,000

Alexander and Partners

Facilitated forums and groups discussing Witness Protection

15,000

Alexander and Partners

Facilitated forums and groups discussing Witness Protection

3,000

Alexander Cameron

Interview Programme for HR Senior Management Team

6,500

Alexander Cameron

Pay and Grading Project

600

Aon

Insurance Advice for new DCMF prisons

1,300

Atkins Asset Management

Framework Audit Commissions—Internal Audit.

54,544

Atkins Ltd

Pay and Grading Project

97,758

Ben Crowe

Citizenship insight Project and production of Family Justice Insight Paper

8,400

Bird and Bird

Caseflow—Case Management Legal Advice

66,000

BIT Critical

Caseflow Consultancy

35,000

BMG Research

Socio-legal research

3,055

Bovis Lend Lease

Provide scoping paper for taking forward refurbishment project on Gwydyr House

4,700

Bridley Consulting

Review of Judicial Training Administration

7,943

Centre for Public Innovation

CPI to produce a Strategic Mapping event for the ROM for SE England

12,750

CESG

Vulnerability analysis (IT Health Check) of a new IT system within the NOMS Directorate for the handling of UK 'Restricted' data

6,816

CMAS—June Shurmer

Chartermark Consultation

300

CMC Logica

Management Information and Database Expertise

110,948

COI Communications

Pay and Grading Project

52,146

Collinson Grant Ltd

London Probation Service Review of Operations

189,050

David Nooney

Review of Judicial Appointments Procedures

4,800

Delia Coonan

Support on designing e-learning

1,174

Development Planning Partnership

Planning reports on existing estate and specific planning advice

65,329

Digits Industries Ltd

Consultancy connected with development of Computer-Based Training

1,763

Digits Industries Ltd

Consultancy connected with development of Computer-Based Training

411

Drivers Jonas

Asset Management

27,759

Eclipse

Development of software to predict re-offending

10,000

Effortmark

Forms consultancy—providing expert advice on the revision of forms and user testing

2,820

Ernst and Young

Prison Performance Framework—Analyst

253,500

Ernst and Young

Workshop

37,500

Ernst and Young

Review of best practice for performance and capability assessment methodologies for IPPF and the selection of the first wave of Probation Trusts

35,000

Ernst and Young

Workshop consultancy

19,000

Ernst and Young

Initial assessment of strategic options

15,000

Exeter University

Report on influencing debtor behaviour in support of the HMCS PAN pilot

60,000

First Assist

Investigation Advice

2,322

Capgemini

Benefits realisation CJS IT, development and application of best practice tools

171,000

Capgemini

Facilitated forums and groups discussing Witness Protection

6,300

GVA Grimleys

Challenging Rating Assessments

47,496

Hartley

Provided OR Analyst support for the CJS Modelling work to support CSR 07

12,000

Hazel Genn

Qualities and Abilities Framework

3,600

Heath Lambert

Risk assessment project for Probation Trusts

4,020

Hedra

Consultant to produce a business case for Re Connect Project

40,000

Hensby Communications

Press and PR handling of Annual Report

1,125

Higham Dunnett Shaw

Consultancy and upgrade of Judicial Pensions Database

3,525

HMSC Birmingham University

Updating Prison Website

7,400

Impact Plus

Review of the Probation Change Programme

20,000

Institute of Employment Studies

Independent review of the Job Simulation Assessment Centre (JSAC) with the Management Selection Unit (MSSU) in Wakefield

45,360

IPSOS MORI

Health and social care survey (research consultancy)

12,014

IPSOS MORI

Customer satisfaction survey (research consultancy)

8,279

Jo O'Driscoll

Project Management of Annual Report

4,209

John Garnett

Specialist advice on claims issues

24,415

June Shurmer

Chartermark Consultancy

375

KM Research and Consultancy Ltd

Socio-legal research

8,343

KPMG

Policy Consultancy

49,500

KPMG

Development of an implementation snapshot document

49,000

KPMG

Work on the Change Strategy Review

44,800

KPMG

Report on the nature and type of regulatory frameworks

21,800

KPMG

Provision of management review and assessment for Communications Directorate

14,117

KPMG

Pensions/Appointments Law Commissioners

10,454

Law Absolute

Lawyer for Court Rules project supplementing in house legal

11,135

Leapfrog Public Relations

PR and communications—increase awareness of community justice in north Liverpool and increased confidence in CJS

13,860

London Economics

Research and analysis which formed part of our Consultation Paper on insurance contract law

7,459

M Boleat Consulting

Advice on setting up and implementing Claims Management Regulation

10,800

Manchester University

Prison Health Research Network with the Mental Health in Reach Unit

290,000

Matrix

Evaluation of Dedicated Drugs Courts

50,000

Matrix

Socio-legal research

16,729

MBSM

Consultancy—interaction with police forces and systems

15,073

Melva Burton

Consultant

15,000

Mersey Care NHS Trust

Segregation Project with the Department of Health

21,600

Mitchelmores Solicitors

Legal advice on property matters and resolution of CUPID Property Transfer Issues

659,525

Modis International Ltd

Development of computerised Case Management system

49,078

Morgan Hunt

Consultancy work to review the programme and project management reporting structures

7,191

Mott MacDonald with support from PwC

Business Process Re-engineering (Courts) Project

153,000

Nicholson McBride

Executive Coaching

18,345

Nick Sanderson

Investigation into holding of prisoners in court cells

9,555

Office of Government Commerce

Consultancy—advice for the Supreme Court Project

29,884

Office of Government Commerce

Review of C-NOMIS

24,913

Oliver Wyman

Carter Review

225,000

Oracle

Phoenix Sales and Investment Project

377,780

PA Consulting

Analysis of public perception of the CJS in order for the issue to be better covered in the 2008 CJS Strategic Plan. Facilitated a seminar on the issue

6,775

PA Consulting

Divisional Consultancy

99,000

PA Consulting

Courts Act—Post implementation Review

74,629

PA Consulting

Facilitated forums and groups discussing Witness Protection

10,500

PA Consulting

Cost-benefit of rolling out the Re-Connect prisoner resettlement scheme nationally

5,340

Pakes

Developed a Mental Health Effective Practice Audit Checklist

3,500

Parity

Facilitated forums and groups discussing Witness Protection

10,000

Partnerships UK

Procurement advice for DCMF Prisons

158,850

Pat Johnstone

Facilitated forums and groups discussing Witness Protection

6,400

Paul Roscorla Associates Ltd, Metis Psychological Consultants, Myriad Solutions

Optimising potential with the Leadership and Talent Development

20,400

Penna Interim Executive

Executive coaching

9,957

Portchester Micro Tools Ltd.

Evaluation plan for accredited offending behaviour programmes

28,200

PRAESTA

Executive Coaching

5,640

Price Waterhouse Cooper

Support to the finance team in all matters relating to the MoJ Finance Transition Project

120,000

Price Waterhouse Cooper

Carter Review

52,000

Price Waterhouse Cooper

Draw together existing analysis

24,675

Price Waterhouse Cooper

Diversity and Community relations consultancy

6,000

Prof Richard Lamming

Consultancy for preparation of a second seminar/workshop relating to the innovation and relationship management for a senior NOMS commissioning audience

5,000

QI

Provided support to the development of the cross CJS CSR Efficiency Plan

156,801

Richard Bailey Esq.

Advice and operational/logistics management of Inquest

9,700

RM and BR Merkin

Research and analysis on insurance contract law

500

Robert Walters

Programme content design—future leaders scheme

11,797

Roy Walmsley

International Prison Population Statistics

6,315

Russell Reynolds Associates

Delivery of project support office for MoJ Change Project

52,485

Samantha Jones

Consultant to review, oversee and provide periodic updates

1,750

Sarah Cooke Ltd

Advice on human rights issue

11,500

Security and Standard Consultancy

Provision of quality assurance and technical support services of the electoral modernisation programme

109,366

Siemens Enterprise Commun.

Pay and Grading Project

1,100

SJT Associates

Internal Estates Benchmarking System for Property

20,608

Snap Survey Shop

National Staff Survey with the HR Planning Team

13,300

STC Energy Management

Expert support on our energy monitoring system. Gathering and verification of half hourly data from our electricity supplier

20,328

Stephanie Grundy

Lawyer for Court Rules project, supplementing in house legal provision

12,373

Stopgap

Lawyer for Court Rules project, supplementing in house legal provision

31,467

Stopgap

Lawyer for Court Rules project, supplementing in house legal provision

17,373

The Rialto Consultancy Ltd

Consultancy Services

9,915

The Whitehall and Industry Group

Fees for the recruitment, placement and registration of two Non-Executive Directors to the JSB Executive Board

11,400

The Whitehall and Industry Group

Recruitment consultancy for non-executive member of Legal Services Reform Programme

2,350

Tower Perrin

Pay and Grading Project

103,971

Tower Perrin

Pay and Grading Project

36,909

Tower Perrin

Pay and Grading Project

2,400

Tribal

Supported the development an appraisal process to assist OCJR to better assess the projects within its portfolio

33,580

Tribal Consortium

Risk Management

27,454

Tribal Consortium

Skills Learning Training Materials for unpaid work supervisors

14,700

Turner and Townsend

Facilities Management Strategy Review

35,052

University of Portsmouth

Development of a redesigned qualifications framework

100,000

Vice Versa Projects

To run a Consensus Methodology

15,000

Vice Versa Projects

Consensus Methodology facilitator

10,000

Ville and Co.

Executive coaching

1,144

Wheelers (Southampton)

Framework Audit Commissions IAD Requirement

86,278

Willis Ltd.

Insurance consultancy services for the Supreme Court

8,402

Winstone

Developed a Mental Health Effective Practice Audit Checklist

2,500

Wrigglesworth Consultancy Ltd.

Publicity services

3,187

5,540,117