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Lord Chancellors Dept

Answer

David Davis: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if she will list external (a) public relations/communications companies, (b) advertising and marketing companies, (c) management consultancies, (d) accountancy companies, (e) banking firms, (f) individual consultants and (g) other specialist consultancies used by her Department since June 2001; what actions those consultancies/companies have performed within her Department; and what costs have been incurred through use of these consultancies/companies. [74687] Yvette Cooper: The Department's use of external companies/consultancies, in the categories requested and between 1 June 2001 to 31 August 2002, was as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Companies/consultancies used between June 2001 and August 2002 Net expenditure with companies/consultancies listed and services performed (a) Public relations/communications companies Public Relations/Communications Services: £0.007 million Analogue Gyrographic Communications Ltd. Design of a website and design of an annual report (b) Advertising and marketing companies Advertising and marketing services: Nil expenditure None (c) Management consultancies and specialist consultancies 1 Management and specialist consultancy services: £7.36 million2 PA Consulting Group CMG UK Ltd. ASE Consulting AMTEC Banner Provision of expert professional advice and support on specific, McBride C. International Ltd. PricewaterhouseCoopers Stanton time- limited tasks, usually in connection with projects, but Marris Ltd. PKF Metropolitan Investigations Acrobat Butcher sometimes in support of the on-going operation of the Doulton Communications BDO Stoy Hayward Arthur D. Little Parity Department. Services performed include customer and market Penna Inform Consulting Insight Consulting Ltd. Suffolk CCWS TSO surveys, risk assessments, provision of technical advice (eg on Consulting BMI Health Services Yale Consulting Deloitte Consulting IT security, health and safety), undertaking specific studies Paver Downes WS Atkins Planning and Management Consultants Ltd. and reviews and supporting the implementation of major projects Wheelers CESG VP Treen Mc Bains Cooper R. Verney Team Management and programmes. The current level of expenditure reflects the Systems Lombard Street Cornwall Associates ORC International DBi wide-ranging and fast-paced programme to modernise the courts Consulting Ltd. Gartner Solving AEM Ltd. Improcom Ltd. Ward Dutton and the tribunal system to increase efficiency, provide better BMRB Ionnan Kelly Services SchlumbergerSema CMC Hays Consultancy customer service, and value for money for the tax payer. and Solutions Delivering such a programme has necessitated the use of external expertise and skills to supplement the Department's own resources. (d) Accountancy companies Accountancy services £0.29 million Kidsons Deloitte Consulting PKF SD Partners Ltd. General accountancy advice and advice on pension arrangements (e) Banking firms Banking services: Nil expenditure None (h) Individual consultants 3 4-- (i) Other specialist consultancies 4 4-- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Management and specialist consultancies are listed together as many consultancies provide both types of service. 2 £0.34 million of the £7.36 million was with individual consultants. 3 In addition to the management and specialist consultancy companies listed, 33 individual consultants were used. 4 See (c).

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

74687; 391 c600-2W;391 c597-600W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Accountancy Companies Costs Banks Consultants Expenditure Government departments Publicity Lord Chancellor's Department Marketing Public relations Management consultants

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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