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Dept for Transport

Answer

John Thurso: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the (a) technical and financial contracts, (b) technical consultants used on a call-off basis and (c) financial consultants used on a call-off basis by (i) the Rail Delivery Directorate, (ii) the Railways Restructuring Directorate and (iii) other directorates within his Department carrying out work relating to the railways, since 6 February; what the nature of the assignment for each consultant was; and what the value of work done by each consultant was . [139734] Mr. McNulty: Since 6 February the Department has been using the following consultants to give the advice listed: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Consultant Advice On a call-off basis Eversheds Advice on rail pension issues Odgers Ray and Berndstson Advice on senior recruitment Saxton Bampfylde Hever plc Advice on senior recruitment Other contracts AEA Technology Rail Research into feasibility of development of a performance prediction model Arthur D. Little International comparison of the perception of risk in the rail industry Citigroup (Schroder Salomon Smith Barney) Financial advice CMS Cameron McKenna Legal advice on rail matters Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstem Channel Tunnel Rail Link Section 1 leasing feasibility study Dr. Stephen Gibbons Dr. David Graham Prof Stephen Machin Prof Advice on wider benefits of Crossrail Anthony Venables Prof Roger Vickerman KPMG Accountancy and taxation advice Mercers Management Consulting Management consultancy advice on matters relating to the cross- Channel rail industry Mott Parsons Gibb Project representatives for the channel tunnel rail link NOP Development of a survey into attitudes, perceptions and expectations of rail travel Saunders and Dolleymore Trade mark services Transport and Travel Research Development of a framework for research into attitudes, perceptions and expectations of rail travel _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The value of work done by individual consultants and advisers is commercially confidential, but, for all of them together, expenditure from 6 February to 31 October amounts to £16.5 million.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

139734; 413 c1449-50W;413 c1445-6W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Contracts Consultants Department for Transport Finance Railways Technology

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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