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To ask Her Majesty's Government what consultants the Northern Ireland Office has employed since 1 January 2008; for what tasks; and at what costs. [HL900]
The information is not available in the format requested. However, the following tables provide a breakdown of the type of consultancy provided and the costs in each of the past two financial years.
Expenditure on consultancy in the Northern Ireland Office has reduced year on year for the past four financial years, and in 2008-09 was 45 per cent less than in 2005-06.
NIO and Executive Agencies Financial Year 2007-08 Management NI Youth Forum £1,007 Anderson Spratt £17,049 Kairos £8,500 Deloitte £24,663 FGS McClure Watters £14,000 Capita Learning & Dev £1,415 Grafton Recruitment £12,756 Odgers Ray and Berndston £35,281 Jenkinson Consulting £1,800 Others/Individual Contracts £10,176 Cumulative total £126,618 Financial Disability Action £4,179 Moore Stephens (CJINI) £2,926 PKF Consultancy £50,878 PWC £60,350 Cumulative total £118,333 Assurance T&S International £23,262 UKAS Accreditation £2,203 Jenkison Consulting £895 Others/Individual Contracts £11,515 Cumulative total £37,875 Research Quality Business Management £5,423 Others/Individual Contracts £52,517 Cumulative total £57,940 Marketing GPS £2,500 Coppernoise £1,145 Label One Ltd £3,273 Peninsula Print & Design Ltd £998 Page Setup £1,262 Milward Brown Ulster £21,385 Cumulative total £30,562 General Consultancy Carter Globe associates £36,000 Myles Danker Estate Man Advice £2,500 Quest Consulting £17,000 Williams & Shaw £1,000 BDP £8,267 L'Estrange and Brett £9,598 Others/Individual Contracts £61,106 Cumulative total £135,471 IT Consultancy Mott MacDonald £295,220 Deloitte £22,770 PWC (CJINI) £5,170 Microsoft £48,000 ICS £20,000 Fujitsu £513,000 iB Solutions £22,000 NDI £20,000 Selex £23,778 ICS £29,150 Real Estate Management £3,990 Cumulative total £1,003,078 Total Expenditure 07/08 £1,509,877
NIO and Executive Agencies Financial Year 2008-09 Management MacDonald Stephen Consultancy Ltd £33,044 Deloitte £57,554 KPMG £22,000 Hays Healthcare Consultancy £20,139 Kairos £8,500 Social Research Centre Ltd £10,315 Carter Goble Lee £32,400 SRB Consultants £4,469 PWC £5,220 Others/Individual Contracts £87,858 Cumulative total £281,499 Financial PWC £60,853 BDP £29,719 Deloitte £11,260 Clarke Shipway £8,721 Cumulative total £110,553 Assurance OCPA £1,393 OGC £13,600 Grant Thornton £19,650 Key Forensic Services £43,436 Others/Individual Contracts £21,979 Cumulative total £100,058 Research Williamson Consulting £1,884 Cumulative total £1,884 Marketing N/A 0 General Consultancy PWC £89,776 Fitzsimons Kinney Mallon Sols £532 Hamilton Architects £1,500 Grant Thornton £19,815 DLA Piper £37,519 Hays Construction & Property £9,769 Others/Individual Contracts £134,516 Cumulative total £293,427 IT Consultancy Deloitte £20,000 Fluent Technology £1,050 Fujitsu £233,000 Lagan £5,000 ICS £40,000 Mott Macdonald £212,137 Selex £11,000 Biznet £4,994 Cumulative total £527,181 Total Expenditure 08/09 1,314,602