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Written question asked by John McDonnell (Labour) on Monday, 10 January 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 18 January 2011. It was answered by Theresa Villiers (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 February 2011 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Intercity Express Programme Review

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which companies his Department has contracted to carry out consultancy work on the Intercity Express Programme; what the total monetary value is of each such contract; and how much each such company has been paid to date.
Answer

[holding answer 18 January 2011]: From the start of financial year 2005-06 until approximately 30 April 2010, the amount paid to companies carrying out consultancy work, rail industry advice, legal, financial, business case, technical, project management and procurement advice associated with both the Intercity Express and Great Western Electrification Programmes under the previous administration is as follows. These figures include the time spent by companies in response to Foster Review queries and expenses such as travel and meeting room hire, and exclude VAT and payments to individuals.

£
Barkers HR Advertising 16,632
Capita Resourcing 431,218
Clifford Chance 1,606
Congress Centre 11,970
Ernst and Young 161,042
First Great Western 149,873
First Class Partnerships 5,913
Freshfields 5,644,844
Jim Standen Associates 10,620
Mott MacDonald 11,827,506
MWB Business Exchange 1,903
Nichols 2,938,071
GNER, NXEC and East Coast Trains 1,233,895
PricewaterhouseCoopers 2,791,582
Reed Employment 51,054
Steer Davies Gleave 1,235,628
Willis Ltd 13,615
Total 26,526,970

For the period from 3 May 2010 until 11 January 2011 the figures are as follows. Most of these costs constitute time spent by companies in response to Foster Review queries, and the continuation of the Great Western Electrification Programme.

£
Capita Resourcing 7,842
First Great Western 22,261
Freshfields 27,242
Mott MacDonald 79,468
Nichols 178,368
East Coast Trains 46,574
Steer Davies Gleave 82,343
Total 444,098

The Department for Transport currently has live contracts with the following companies. The monetary amounts set out represent the maximum total authorised spend, not the amount remaining for each. As such, much of the work under these contract has already been carried out and invoiced for, and is included within the amounts in the previous tables.

£
Freshfields 3,600,000
Mott MacDonald 15,000
Nichols 15,000
PricewaterhouseCoopers 25,000
Steer Davies Gleave 45,125
Total 3,700,125

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
33379; 522 c678-9W
Session
2010-12
Registered interest declared
Yes
Subjects
Intercity Express Programme Review
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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