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Written question asked by Lord Foster of Bath (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 1 February 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 14 February 2002. It was answered by Chris Leslie (Labour) on Thursday, 14 February 2002 on behalf of the Cabinet Office.

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Question
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many contracts were let by his Department and agencies for which he 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.
Answer

Mr. Don Foster: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister 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 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. [33843] Annabelle Ewing: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister 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. [34996] Mr. Leslie: The remuneration made by Cabinet Office and the Central Office of Information to PWC Consulting or PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst and Young, Deloitte Touche, KPMG and Arthur Andersen for consultancy services in each of the financial years 1997-98 to 2001-02 is set out in the table. Information on the number of individual contracts is available only at disproportionate cost. £ _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02{ 1} PWC Consulting 19,228 117,653 233,021 562,250 463,533 PricewaterhouseCoopers Ernst and Young 85,553 846,231 221,480 4,406 0 Deloitte Touche 42,593 45,839 0 32,648 0 KPMG 66,997 45,310 33,768 36,368 42,259 Arthur Andersen 0 0 0 55,812 220,313 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} 2001-02 figures to the end of January 2002 and subject to audit.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
33843; 380 c563-4W
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Contracts Accountancy Companies Executive agencies Consultants Government departments Payments Cabinet Office EY PwC KPMG Andersen Consulting Deloitte and Touche
Link
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