Departmental Contracts Jim Cousins To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) objectives and (b) value was of each contract placed with (i) Deloitte and Touche, (ii) Ernst and Young, (iii) KPMG, (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers and (v) PA Consulting by her Department its predecessor Department and its agencies in each year since 2004-05. Mr. Dhanda The total amount spent by the Department centrally with the five companies since 2004-05 is as follows ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08 to date|Total | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Deloitte and Touche |882 |1,653 |241 |86 |2,862 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ernst and Young |434 |763 |18 |0 |1,215 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |KPMG |921 |550 |356 |476 |2,303 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Pricewaterhouse- Coopers|926 |970 |1,338 |1,099 |4,333 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |PA Consulting |9,457 |12,047 |8,840 |6,126 |36,470| ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The nature of each contract involved could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, I refer my hon. Friend to the answer given on 12 December 2007, Official Report, column 554W, and to the answer given to the right hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs. May) on 14 June 2007, Official Report, column 1170W, which give details of certain departmental contracts. The amounts spent by the Department’s agencies and nature of the contracts are set out as follows. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|Total|Nature of contract(s) | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Fire Service College | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Deloitte and Touche |3 |0 |0 |0 |0 |Risk Management Workshop | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ernst and Young |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |KPMG |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |PricewaterhouseCoopers|26 |0 |0 |0 |26 |Pay and Grading Review | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |PA Consulting |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ordnance Survey | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Deloitte and Touche |0 |13 |0 |0 |13 |2005-06: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Advice| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | |2006-07: Computer Audit Services | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Ernst and Young |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |KPMG |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |PricewaterhouseCoopers|7 |9 |0 |5 |21 |2004-05: Investigation of IFRS implementation impact | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | |2005-06: Internal Audit | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | |2005-06 and 2007-08: Agency Performance Monitor Review | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |PA Consulting |0 |0 |0 |0 |0 | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre has not used the services of any of these companies. Information for the Planning Inspectorate could be supplied only at disproportionate cost.