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Departmental Consultants

Departmental Consultants Jonathan Ashworth: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which consultants and advisers her Department has employed in respect of the (a) Thameslink programme, (b) Thameslink rolling stock procurement and (c) Intercity Express programme; how much she has budgeted in respect of each such contractor; and how much each contractor has invoiced to date. [76031] [Official Report, 23 November 2011, Vol. 536, c. 411-12W.] Letter of correction from Mrs Theresa Villiers: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth) on 23 November 2011. The full answer given was as follows: Mrs Villiers [holding answer 21 October 2011]: The information requested can be found as follows. Thameslink Rolling Stock Project £ million Costs incurred to May 2010 Cost incurred June 2010 to September 2011 October 2011 to March 2012 forecast Arup 4.0 1.7 0.5 Freshfields 6.6 1.9 1.3 PWC 2.5 0.9 0.6 Interfleet 1.5 0.1 0 Booz 0.5 0.3 0.1 Total 15.1 4.9 2.5 Thameslink Programme £ million Costs incurred to May 2010 Cost incurred June 2010 to September 2011 October 2011 to March 2012 forecast Atkins 0.5 0.1 0.1 EC Harris 0.2 0.1 0.25 SDG 0 0.1 0.03 Nichols 1.4 0.3 0.04 Bovis Lend Lease Consulting 0.7 0.4 0.09 Eversheds 0.07 0.01 0 Willis 0.036 0.004 0.01 Total 2.906 1.014 0.52 IEP Programme £ million Costs incurred to May 2010 Cost incurred June 2010 to September 2011 October 2011 to March 2012 forecast Barkers HR Advertising 0.016 0 0 Capita Resourcing 0.3 0.008 0 23 Jan 2012 : Column 2MC Clifford Chance 0.002 0 0 Congress Centre 0.012 0 0 Ernst and Young 0.2 0 0 First Class Partnership 0.006 0 0 Freshfields 5.6 1.0 1.1 Jim Standen Associates 0.01 0 0 Manpower 0 0.13 0.25 Mott MacDonald 11.8 0.48 0.70 MWB Business Exchange 0.002 0 0 Nichols 3.1 0.09 0.02 PWC 2.5 0.16 0.8 QCs 0 0.01 0.01 Reed Employment 0.06 0.03 0 SDG 1.2 0.13 0 Willis 0.01 0.005 0.009 Total 24.81 2.04 2.88 Detailed spending plans for years beyond the financial year 2011-12 have not yet been agreed. The correct answer should have been: Mrs Villiers [holding answer 21 October 2011]: The information requested can be found as follows. Thameslink Rolling Stock Project £ million Costs incurred to May 2010 Cost incurred June 2010 to September 2011 October 2011 to March 2012 forecast Arup 4.0 1.7 0.5 Freshfields 6.6 1.9 1.3 PWC 2.5 0.9 0.6 Interfleet 1.5 0.1 0 Booz 0.5 0.3 0.1 Total 15.1 4.9 2.5 Thameslink Programme £ million Costs incurred to May 2010 Cost incurred June 2010 to September 2011 October 2011 to March 2012 forecast Atkins 0.5 0.1 0.1 EC Harris 0.2 0.1 0.25 SDG 0 0.1 0.03 Nichols 1.4 0.3 0.04 Bovis Lend Lease Consulting 0.7 0.4 0.09 Eversheds 0.07 0.01 0 Willis 0.036 0.004 0.01 Total 2.906 1.014 0.52 23 Jan 2012 : Column 3MC IEP Programme £ million Costs incurred to May 2010 Cost incurred June 2010 to September 2011 October 2011 to March 2012 forecast Barkers HR Advertising 0.016 0 0 Capita Resourcing 0.4 0.008 0 Clifford Chance 0.002 0 0 Congress Centre 0.012 0 0 Ernst and Young 0.2 0 0 First Class Partnership 0.006 0 0 Freshfields 5.6 1.0 1.1 Jim Standen Associates 0.01 0 0 Manpower 0 0.13 0.25 23 Jan 2012 : Column 4MC Mott MacDonald 11.8 0.48 0.70 MWB Business Exchange 0.002 0 0 Nichols 3.1 0.09 0.02 PWC 2.5 0.16 0.8 QCs 0 0.01 0.01 Reed Employment 0.06 0.03 0 SDG 1.2 0.13 0 Willis 0.01 0.005 0.009 Total 24.91 2.04 2.88 Detailed spending plans for years beyond the financial year 2011-12 have not yet been agreed.