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Dept of Trade and Industry

Answer

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many contracts were let by her Department and agencies for which she is responsible to (a) PWC Consulting or PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) Ernst & Young, (c) Deloitte & Touche, (d) KPMG and (e) Andersen for consultancy services for the financial years (i) 1997-98, (ii) 1998-99, (iii) 1999-00, (iv) 2000-01 and (v) 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, indicating the remuneration in each case. [33847] Ms Hewitt: Information from the Department's systems indicate that contracts let by core DTI to PWC Consulting or PricewaterhouseCoopers are as follows: PricewaterhouseCoopers _________________________________________________________________________________________________. No. contracts Total value £ 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000 9 354,657 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 16 636,623 1 April 2001 to 4 January 2002 13 870,199 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Contracts let by core DTI to Ernst & Young are as follows: Ernst & Young _________________________________________________________________________________________________. No. contracts Total value £ 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000 3 407,165 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 58 829,043 1 April 2001 to 4 January 2002 10 879,679 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Contracts let by core DTI to Deloitte & Touche are as follows: Deloitte & Touche _________________________________________________________________________________________________. No. contracts Total value £ 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000 6 1,265,252 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 6 1,839,428 1 April 2001 to 4 January 2002 4 4,489,189 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Contracts let by core DTI to KPMG are as follows: KPMG _________________________________________________________________________________________________. No. contracts Total value £ 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000 1 11,642 1 April 2000 to 31 March 2001 4 30,009 1 April 2001 to 4 January 2002 3 92,131 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Information is not held centrally for the earlier years and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs. For contracts let to Andersen I would refer to the answer given to the hon. Member for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr on 11 February 2002, Official Report, column 62W where exceptionally information was given for earlier years. The Department's Executive Agencies will be responding separately.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

33847; 383 c531-3W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Contracts Accountancy Companies Executive agencies Consultants Department of Trade and Industry Government departments Payments EY PwC KPMG Andersen Consulting Deloitte and Touche

Contains statistics

Yes

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