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Written question asked by Lord Oakeshott of Seagrove Bay (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Young of Norwood Green (Labour) on Thursday, 18 March 2010.

Buying Solutions

Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was paid by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, its predecessors 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 to Buying Solutions (1) during, and (2) at the end of, contracts.
Answer

Details of the amounts paid to the named companies by the department and its predecessors in each of the past five financial years have been placed in the Library of the House. Contract monitoring regimes will be determined on a case-by-case basis. The department may choose voluntarily to provide feedback to Buying Solutions but is under no obligation to do so. I have asked the chief executives of the executive agencies to respond directly to the noble Lord.

Supplier DTI (04-05) (£) DTI (05-06) (£) DTI (06-07) (£) DTI (1 Apr 07-30 Jun 07) (£) BERR & DIUS (01 Jul 09-07 Jan 08) (£) BERR (01 Jan 08-31 Mar 08) (£) DIUS (01 Jan 08-31 Mar 08) (£) BERR (08-09) (£) DIUS (08-09) (£) BERR 1 Apr 09-4 Jun 09) (£) DIUS (1 Apr 09-4 Jun 09) (£) BIS (5 Jun 09-12 Mar 10) (£)
Accenture (UK) LTD 20,121.00 36,669.40
Baker Tilly Corporate Finance LLP 36,963.80 127,668.95 15,000.00 70,000.00
BDO LLP 370,789.60 3,311,304.42 366,650.76 50,352.73 55,400.10 23,061.74
Deloitte Consulting (PTY) LTD 885.67 913.91
Deloitte LLP 9,640.875.00 8,455,635.56 5,888,422.15 2,171,560.54 2,082,805.48 749,998.39 2,984,981.36 331,193.94 1,215,182.10
Deloitte MCS LTD 43,004.00 146,863.87
Ernst & YOUNG LLP 1,944.120.62 2,925,959.35 2,239,849.20 665,938.21 336,913.39 68,436.00 743,623.55 8,343.19 152,344.85
Grant Thornton UK LLP 51,995.16 15,282.50 26,285.00 1,793.05
KPMG 888,673.92 337,555.15 71,226.32 80,254.65 294,756.82
KPMG Audit plc 5,012.40 6,580.00
KPMG LLP 2,053,442.55 2,702,856.00 538,021.15 218,254.06 230,105.43 144,069.95 1,551,386.59 704,180.50 711,891.43
Mckinsey and Company 95,000.00 87,300.00
PKF (UK) LLP 371,579.21 433,594.05 32,444.09 5,243.42 7,067.52 44,168.00
Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP 2,514,177.78 3,132,232.61 4,869,376.67 605,327.55 2,162,300.29 1,500.00 8,280,786.13 101,500.00 294,118.02 1,720,122.41
RSM Tenon LTD 12,586.46
PKF Accountants and Business Advisors 6,892.38
Tenon Ltd
Tenon Outsourcing

"The figures above are taken from "Mentor", the BIS central finance system. Where in-year dates are detailed these reflect the date of formation of BERR and DIUS (1 July 2007), BIS (5 June 2009) and that prior to 8 January 2008 ex-BERR and ex-DIUS expenditure.""In addition to the above, the data for the Universities and Skills Group (USG) of former DIUS continued to be separately maintained on the DCSF central finance system "iFIS" for financial years 2007/08 and 2008/09. IFIS records show the following payments." "In addition to the above, the data for the Universities and Skills Group (USG) of former DIUS continued to be separately maintained on the DCSF central finance system "iFIS" for financial years 2007/08 and 2008/09. IFIS records show the following payments."

DIUS USG 2007-08
PricewaterhouseCoopers £387,359
Deloitte & Touche LLP £6,809
Ernst & Young LLP £104,402
PKF £269,778
DIUS USG 2008-09
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP £100,000

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
2558; 718 c218-20WA
Session
2009-10
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2010-0749
Friday, 19 March 2010
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Subjects
Contracts Consultants Expenditure Monitoring Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 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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