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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many contracts were let by his Department and agencies for which he is responsible to (a) PWC Consulting or PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Ernst and Young, (c) Deloitte and Touche, (d) KPMG and (e) Andersen for consultancy services for the financial years (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99, (iii) 1999-2000, (iv) 2000-01 and (v) 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, indicating the remuneration in each case. [33851] Angela Eagle: The available information on the number of contracts let by the Home Department to (a) Consulting or PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), (b) Ernst and Young, (c) Deloitte and Touche, (d) KPMG and (e) Anderson for consultancy services for the financial years (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99, (iii) 1999-2000, (iv) 2000-01 and (v) 2001 to date indicating the remuneration made in each case is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Company Numbers of contracts Remuneration 1997-98 Ernst and Young 1 10,665 KPMG 2 100,774 1998-99 Ernst and Young 1 35,250 PricewaterhouseCoopers 2 37,440 KPMG 3 226,955 1999-2000 PricewaterhouseCoopers 5 2,728,372 KPMG 1 25,000 Ernst and Young 2 311,000 Deloitte and Touche 1 130,000 2000-01 PricewaterhouseCoopers 4 2,284,258 Ernst and Young 2 1,166,913 2001 to date PricewaterhouseCoopers 4 2,489,251 Deloitte and Touche 1 15,800 Ernst and Young 1 429,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: Contracts were awarded following civil service rules. The Home Office has not awarded any contracts to Anderson for the period in question.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

33851; 384 c825W;384 c824-5W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Contracts Accountancy Companies Executive agencies Consultants Government departments Home Office Payments EY PwC KPMG Andersen Consulting Deloitte and Touche

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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