Consultants

Mr. Hoban
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which external consultants were used by (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies in relation to private finance initiatives in 2005-06; and what the nature and cost of the work was in each case.

Angela E. Smith
Details of external consultants used by the Department for Communities and Local Government in relation to private finance initiatives in 2005-06 including the nature and cost of work is shown in the following table. With regard to the Department’s agencies, there was no use of external consultants in connection with private finance initiatives in 2005-06.

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|Consultancy    |Nature of work                                                                                                              |Costs of work (£)|
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|Partnerships UK|Development of financial appraisal model for use with housing PFI projects                                                  |25,000           |
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|Robson Rhodes  |Audit of the housing PFI financial model                                                                                    |5,000            |
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|Partnerships UK|Support for DCLG in respect of the financial collapse of Jarvis in relation to the Tyne and Wear fire and rescue PFI project|10,000           |
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|PA Consulting  |Evaluation of housing PFI programme                                                                                         |51,628           |
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