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Written question asked by Lord Newby (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord McKenzie of Luton (Labour) on Monday, 8 March 2010.

Buying Solutions

Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was paid by Communities and Local Governmentand 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.
Answer

The department has paid the following amounts (excluding VAT) to the companies listed above:

Name 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010
(a) Pricewaterhouse Cooper £3,437,378 £3,140,746 £7,268,337 £5,903,636
(b) KPMG £241,547 £548,813 £157,298 £43,988
(c) Deloitte £482,836 £193,065 £86,819 £60,760
(d) Ernst & Young £18,372 £0 £0 £0
(e) Grant Thornton £0 £206,277 £109,462 £118,078
(f) BDO Stoy Hayward £0 £0 £0 £0
(g) Baker Tilly £0 £0 £0 £0
(h) Smith & Williamson £0 £0 £0 £0
(i) Tenon Group £0 £0 £0 £0
(j) PKF £360,603 £205,354 £208,772 £1,584
(k) McKinsey and Co £219,725 £407,000 £0 £0
(l) Accenture £3,120 £12,500 £0 £0

The Planning Inspectorate has paid the following:

Name 2006/2007 2007/2008 2008/2009 2009/2010
(a) Pricewaterhouse Cooper £154,854 £39,374 £42,503 £0
(b) KPMG £12,114 £0 £0 £1,680
(c) Deloitte £0 £0 £0 £0
(d) Ernst & Young £0 £0 £0 £0
(e) Grant Thornton £0 £0 £0 £0
(f) BDO Stoy Hayward £0 £0 £0 £0
(g) Baker Tilly £0 £0 £0 £0
(h) Smith & Williamson £0 £0 £0 £0
(i) Tenon Group £0 £0 £0 £0
(j) PKF £0 £0 £0 £0
(k) McKinsey and Co £0 £0 £0 £0
(l) Accenture £0 £0 £0 £0

Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre: Throughout the past five years only payment was in July 2008 to Deloitte—amounting to £74,838 including VAT.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
2094; 718 c5-6WA
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Contracts Consultants Expenditure Monitoring EY PwC Pannell Kerr Forster Department for Communities and Local Government KPMG McKinsey and Company Grant Thornton Tenon BDO Stoy Hayward Buying Solutions Deloitte Accenture Smith and Williamson Baker Tilly
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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