Home Information Packs

Mrs. Spelman
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total expected public expenditure is on payments to (a) PA Consulting Group and (b) Xansa UK Ltd in relation to home information packs.

Yvette Cooper
PA Consulting Group have been used across a wide range of activities associated with the delivery of HIPs, primarily on the design and procurement of the HCR Register, the Certification Scheme, the Dry Run and the area trials. We anticipate that a total of £2.5 million will be paid to PA Consulting.

The payment to Xansa has been £69,000. No further payments are anticipated.