To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) institutions supported by the Higher Education Funding Councils and (b) other organisations and bodies have been awarded contracts by his Department’s (i) research analysts and (ii) policy planning staff in each financial year since 2003. (282666)

The following institutions supported by the Higher Education Funding Councils have been awarded contracts by Research Analysts since 2003:

Institute for the Study of the Americas (University of London)

Oxford University

Dundee University

London School of Economics

African Studies Centre

No contracts were awarded by Strategy Unit (formerly Policy Planners) to institutions supported by the Higher Education Funding Councils in financial year 2008-09 (the only year for which figures are available for Strategy Unit in its current form).

The following organisations or bodies were awarded contracts for services by Research Analysts in the years from 2003 (contracts for the supply of goods such as office equipment are not included):

Chatham House

Communicaid

Economic and Social Research Council

Factiva

Henry L. Stimson centre

Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies

Linguarama

Rainbow

Royal African Society

World Language Consultants

The following organisations or bodies were awarded contracts for services (contracts for the supply of goods such as office equipment are not included) by the Strategy Unit (formerly Policy Planners) in financial year 2008-09 (the only year for which figures are available for Strategy Unit in its current form):

National School for Government

Overseas Development Institute

International Institute for Strategic Studies

European School for Governance

PA Consulting Group

Ashridge Consulting

Wilton Park Executive Agency

Happy Computers

RUSI Trading Ltd.

Libra Advisory Group

Mary-Louise Clark Associates Ltd.

Open Society Institute

Barkers

Centre for Parliamentary Studies