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Written question asked by Baroness Northover (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord McKenzie of Luton (Labour) on Monday, 15 March 2010.

Buying Solutions

Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was paid by the Department for Work and Pensions and its agencies to (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) KPMG, (c) Deloitte, (d) Ernst and Young, (e) Grant Thornton, (f) BDO Stoy Hayward, (g) Baker Tilly, (h) Smith and 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 information is in the table below:

Supplier 2009-10 (£) (Spend to Jan 2010) 2008-09 (£) 2007-08 (£) 2006-07 (£) 2005-06 (£)
PricewaterhouseCoopers 9,062,391 9,175,124 9,393,652 8,554,212 8,005,454
KPMG 577,087 480,886 257,884 664,795 2,245,354
Deloitte 16,314,493 24,742,902 22,869,712 21,712,082 5,865,644
Ernst & Young 251,074 54,214 59,150 0 0
Grant Thornton UK LLP 6,250 100,881 128,161 0 0
BDO Stoy Hayward 0 0 0 0 0
Baker Tilly 0 0 2,275 0 0
Smith & Williamson 59,413 0 0 0 0
Tenon Group 0 0 0 0 0
PKF UK LLP 56 301,891 328,537 869,287 763,505
McKinsey and Company 206,435 0 246,750 3,138,199 188,000
Accenture* 71,566,531 106,177,482 94,936,273 76,169,049 114,719,096

"*Accenture spend is significantly higher as it provides application development services for the department's major IT systems." Consultancy and development contracts are managed by a named project sponsor within the business unit commissioning the consultancy project. This is supported by a formal process which ensures that the project is monitored throughout its lifecycle and requires ratings on performance. Individual commercial agreements are not reported to Buying Solutions.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
2092; 718 c116WA
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Contracts Consultants Department for Work and Pensions Expenditure Monitoring EY PwC Pannell Kerr Forster 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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