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Dept for International Development

Answer

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development 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) 1999-2000, (iv) 2000-01 and (v) 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available, indicating the remuneration in each case. [33852] Clare Short: Details are given in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial Year 1997-98 Financial Year 1998-99 Consultant New contracts Value £ Cost billed to New contracts Value £ Cost billed to DFID for all DFID for all current current contracts contracts PricewaterhouseCoopers 28 5,575,135 14,910,760 38 11,193,643 12,158,276 Ernst & Young 9 445,792 444,823 15 838,429 734,951 Deloitte & Touche 1 4,185 54,815 5 269,070 36,852 KPMG 19 7,104,728 3,317,440 17 2,548,237 4,087,979 Arthur Andersen 0 0 0 3 24,558,244 2,745,702 Financial Year 1999-2000 Financial Year 2000-01 Financial Year 2001-02{ 1} Consultant New Value £ Cost New Value £ Cost New Value £ Cost contracts billed to contracts billed to contracts billed to DFID for DFID for DFID for all all all current current current contracts contracts contracts PricewaterhouseCoopers 42 13,405,142 1,012,668 31 19,018,515 16,252,770 21 3,075,210 11,014,066 Ernst & Young 6 286,800 531,170 1 11,610 57,636 5 43,023 47,614 Deloitte & Touche 6 749,262 184,577 9 8,478,352 1,481,185 6 633,884 1,733,079 KPMG 23 12,773,757 3,097,485 17 4,700,110 5,626,769 15 2,185,931 3,977,785 Arthur Andersen 1 27,724 6,655,157 1 83,721 6,616,784 2 114,162 5,528,055 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

33852; 380 c896W;380 c898W

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Contracts Accountancy Companies Executive agencies Consultants Department for International Development Government departments Payments EY PwC KPMG Andersen Consulting Deloitte and Touche

Contains statistics

Yes

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