To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was paid by the Home Office and its agencies to (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) KPMG, (c) Deloitte, (d) Ernst & Young, (e) Grant Thornton, (f) BDO Stoy Hayward, (g) Baker Tilly, (h) Smith & Williamson, (i) Tenon Group, (j) PKF, (k) McKinsey and Company, and (l) Accenture, in each of the past five years for which information is available; how they monitor contracts with those firms; and how the department reports (1) during, and (2) at the end of, contracts to Buying Solutions. [HL2088]

From the best available management information the Home Department and its executive agencies spend with each company for the period 1 April 2004 to 31 March 2009 is shown in the attached table:

All figures provided are subject to accounting adjustment and amendment.

The performance of firms under contract to the Home Department is monitored by means of assignment management by the relevant commissioning business areas. Delivery against associated project and programme objectives is managed as part of standard project and programme management practices within the Home Office.

The Home Office participates in OGC and Buying Solutions-led forums, programmes, and oversight boards to confer on the performance both during and after assignment of firms and services contracted under Buying Solutions commercial arrangements.

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