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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Oaten: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2005, Official Report, column 304W, on identity cards, what the value is of the contracts with each private sector company; and what work has been undertaken by (a) the private sector companies and (b) the Government bodies mentioned. [210169] Mr. Browne: The Identity Cards Programme has received management consultancy advice from the following organisations: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Organisation Details Amount (£) Sirius consortium Advice on feasibility and scheme costs. 78,724 SchlumbergerSema (Atos Origin) Programme and Project Management advice. 56,000 PA Consulting Services Limited Project Management consultancy. 27,200 Shreeveport Management Consultancy Facilitation of Workshops and Core 43,250 Proposition development. Axon Group Plc. Proposals relating to Human Resources. 28,766 Cornwell Management Consultants plc. Assessment of potential Public sector 47,548 delivery partners. PA Consulting Services Limited Provision of management consultancy for 6,527,760 committed up to 1 January the development of the ID Card Scheme. 2005 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. And from these Government bodies. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Organisation Details Communications Electronic Security Group (GCHQ) Provision of advice on communications and general security. Office of Government Commerce Provision of general project management advice. Partnerships UK plc. Procurement and Contracting advice relating to potential Public and Private sector interactions. UK Passport Service Provision of advice including work on costings and processes _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

210169; 430 c276W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Contracts Identity cards Government Private sector Valuation Management consultants

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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