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Home Office

Answer

Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the (a) number and (b) value of contracts awarded by his Department to (i) Arthur Andersen, (ii) Deloitte Touche, (ii) Ernst and Young, (iv) KPMG and (v) PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants in each year since 1997. [34989] Angela Eagle: The available information on the number and value of contracts awarded by the Home Department to (i) Arthur Andersen, (ii) Deloitte and Touche, (iii) Ernst and Young, (iv) KPMG and (v) PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants in each year since 1997 is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Company Number of contracts Value £ 1997-98 Ernst and Young 1 10,665 KPMG 2 178,756 1998-99 Ernst and Young 1 35,250 PricewaterhouseCoopers 2 70,440 KPMG 2 178,973 1999-2000 PricewaterhouseCoopers 5 7,119,027 KPMG 1 25,000 Ernst and Young 2 311,000 Deloitte and Touche 1 130,000 2000-01 PricewaterhouseCoopers 3 253,999 Ernst and Young 2 1,166,913 2001 to date PricewaterhouseCoopers 3 128,855 Deloitte and Touche 1 15,800 Ernst and Young 1 429,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The Home Office has not awarded any contracts to Andersen for the period in question. Contracts were awarded following civil service rules.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

34989; 384 c701W;384 c699-700W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Contracts Accountancy Companies Government departments Home Office EY PwC Arthur Andersen KPMG Deloitte and Touche

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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