Memorandum submitted by Department for
Constitutional Affairs
I am writing to provide further information
I promised to the Committee at the recent evidence session on
the DCA's Departmental Annual Report. I have also enclosed the
National Audit Office's report on DCA's PSA data systems requested
by the committee.
DETAILS OF
DCA'S 2004-05 CONSULTANCY
SPENDING
A table providing this information is attached
NUMBER OF
DCA STAFF WORKING
ON JUDICIAL
APPOINTMENTS
I said I would let you have details of the number
of staff remaining in the DCA who work on the Judicial Appointments
Commission. The total is 67.5 Full-Time Equivalents, broken down
as follows:
— 17 who consider and advise on proposals
for magistrates appointments that come forward from the Advisory
Committees. As you know, the selection of magistrates has not
yet been transferred to the JAC.
— 27 who handle the administration
of appointments and issues around terms of service, for example,
sending offer letters, dealing with renewal and extension of appointments,
dealing with terms and conditions of judicial appointments, as
well as handling payroll and pension issues.
— 23.5 who advise the Lord Chancellor
on policy issues relating to judicial appointments, including
policy on diversity, age regulations and remuneration, and who
provide and co-ordinate material for competitions run by the JAC.
NATIONAL AUDIT
OFFICE REPORT
ON PSA DATA
SYSTEMS
As indicated above, I have enclosed the National
Audit Office's report requested by the Committee [not printed].
The NAO has agreed to release this report to the committee on
the basis that it will not be published or distributed more widely.
This report contributed to the NAO's Second Validation Compendium
Report, 2003-06 PSA Data Systems, which is of course, already
publicly available.
Alex Allan
Permanent Secretary
November 2006
Attachment
USE OF AND EXPENDITURE WITH CONSULTANTS 1
APRIL 2004—31 MARCH 2005
@PARA@@PARA@Division Service Provider Nature
of Consultancy Service Provided Net value
Communications Synopsis Communication Consulting
Limited Specialist consultancy advice relating to development
of DCA Communications Strategy. £38,764.45
@PARA@Constitution Directorate, Programme office Penna Ongoing
provision of change management consultancy within the Directorate. £15,548.19
Constitution Directorate, Programme office KPMG Management
review and assessment for head of European Policy and Information
Rights. £5,747.99
@PARA@Constitution Directorate, Programme office Enodian
Ltd Consultancy advice regarding change management within
Constitution Directorate. £108,889.14
@PARA@Consumer Strategy Directorate The Ingram
Partnership Scoping of project and research for the Voter's
Insight Project. £243,000.00
@PARA@Consumer Strategy Directorate PricewaterhouseCoopers Advice
and support to various projects including: conclusion of phase
1 of the consumer strategy project; Part of DCA 5-year Plan; Part
of Constitution PSA project; Vulnerable Customers Project; Civil
Justice Consumer Research; Criminal Justice Experience project. £2,162,000.00
@PARA@Consumer Strategy Directorate JMH Consultancy Specialist
advice on internal and external communications. £39,000.00
@PARA@Consumer Strategy Directorate Haygarth
Group Mapping of external stakeholders. £28,000.00
@PARA@Consumer Strategy Directorate Digital Public Scoping
and business case for TV pilots. £21,000.00
@PARA@Consumer Strategy Directorate David Coates Expert
advice on market study of quality marks in the legal services
industry. £22,000.00
@PARA@Consumer Strategy Directorate Communication
Engagement and Change Ltd Specialist advice on internal and
external communications. 61,000.00
@PARA@Corporate Management Directorate KPMG Consultancy
support connected with restructuring and reorganisation of DCA
and subsequent transition planning. £817,751.00
@PARA@Court Funds Office—Investment & Banking
Review Watson Associates Strategic Policy—Input
on future operational models. £51,475.00
@PARA@Court Funds Office—Investment & Banking
Review BTF Associates Investment and Banking Review Implementation
and specialist financial advice. £176,076.48
@PARA@Court Funds Office—Investment & Banking
Review BTA Consulting Financial Review to improve financial
accountability. £160,858.55
@PARA@Court Funds Office—Investment & Banking
Review BTA Consulting Technology Review to review and
ensure appropriate business continuity for IT hardware and support
systems. £36,000.00
@PARA@Court Funds Office—Investment & Banking
Review Anagram Change Management and specialist advice
to support the administrative re-structure and reduce risk to
the business during change. £119,034.54
@PARA@Crown & Devolution Development Rick
Evans Ltd Consultancy advice regarding structure of Crown
Dependency recruitment campaign. £1,976.95
@PARA@Crown & Devolution Development Enodian
Ltd Development of devolution proposals to deliver a strategic
approach in conjunction with Wales & Scotland Office. £29,129.43
@PARA@Crown & Devolution Development Cleo
Nicolaou Consultancy advice regarding Crown Dependencies Branch. £33,353.29
@PARA@Customer Service Directorate ORC International National
Customer Survey, production of detailed reports including recommendations
on improving service to customers. £285,000.00
@PARA@Customer Service Directorate KPMG Consultancy
support connected with public register of fines and judgements. £101,000.00
@PARA@DCA Finance Operations PWC Review of
PFI schemes and accounting procedures. £34,150.00
DCA Finance Operations KPMG Review of Finance
Division functions and roles. £68,750.00
@PARA@DISC (IT recompetition to replace current IT
providers) Parity Resources Quality assurance connected
with DISC Programme. £36,269.90
@PARA@DISC Methods Consulting Production
of business case for DISC Programme. £82,340.00
@PARA@DISC Methods Consulting Production
of DISC service requirement. £15,725.00
@PARA@DISC Hudson Global Resources Quality
assurance connected with DISC Programme. £42,600.00
@PARA@DISC Gartner Review of cost estimate
underpinning production of DISC business case. £65,412.64
@PARA@e Delivery Group VP Treen & Associates Consultancy
advice concerning Criminal Appeals office computer network. £43,200.00
@PARA@e Delivery Group Venn Group Ltd Consultancy
connected with Guarantee on Data Handling. £6,663.00
@PARA@e Delivery Group Professor Susskind Consultancy
advice on IT issues to the Judiciary. £10,764.00
@PARA@e Delivery Group NCC Services Ltd Consultancy
advice connected with Software Compliance Licensing. £53,448.65
@PARA@e Delivery Group Logica CMG UK Ltd Libra
systems integration and migration planning. £31,012.27
@PARA@e Delivery Group Insight Consulting Ltd Consultancy
support in connection with BS 7799 Risk Reviews. £58,773.76
@PARA@e Delivery Group Insight Consulting Ltd Provision
of IT security advice to DCA's IT Security Branch. £28,720.94
@PARA@e Delivery Group Insight Consulting Ltd IT
healthcheck on Cable & Wireless architecture. £12,129.41
@PARA@e Delivery Group Insight Consulting Ltd IT
security advice connected with the new Judicial LINK laptop. £8,075.94
@PARA@e Delivery Group Insight Consulting Ltd IT
healthcheck on Xhibit development at Milton Keynes. £5,817.00
@PARA@e Delivery Group Insight Consulting Ltd IT
healthcheck on Xhibit development at Camberley. £5,791.28
@PARA@e Delivery Group Insight Consulting Ltd IT
security policy for judiciary. £4,991.98
@PARA@e Delivery Group Insight Consulting Ltd IT
healthcheck at the Criminal Appeals Office. £3,646.50
@PARA@e Delivery Group Insight Consulting Ltd IT
security advice connected with the LINK & EDS GSI connection. £2,806.94
@PARA@e Delivery Group Insight Consulting Ltd Consultancy
support in connection with roll out of Court Service BCP. £2,169.78
@PARA@e Delivery Group Gartner UK Ltd Consultancy
advice connected with enterprise planning and architecture strategies. £28,730.00
@PARA@e Delivery Group Gartner UK Ltd Consultancy
support connected with Lynux Architecture assessment. £17,960.60
@PARA@e Delivery Group Design Systems Technology
Ltd Consultancy advice about barcode writing programme. £1,000.00
@PARA@e Delivery Group Deloitte MCS Ltd Implementation
of IT Shared Services including the creation of a new DCA IT delivery
organisation, review of functions, responsiblities and service
delivery. £1,603,700.00
@PARA@e Delivery Group Deloitte MCS Ltd Update
of Libra business case and finance model. £79,529.00
@PARA@e Delivery Group Computer Sciences Corporation Consultancy
advice and research services. £16,000.00
@PARA@e Delivery Group Alexander Cameron Ltd Team
development for Libra (Magistrates' courts' case management system). £4,112.00
@PARA@e Delivery Group Alexander Cameron Ltd Consultancy
support in respect of eDG management team. £1,725.00
@PARA@Enforcement Programme PA Consultancy
support connected with Courts Act Pilots and data/performance
analysis and identification of best practice in relation to payment
rate improvements. £1,304,050.00
@PARA@Equality & Diversity Rene Caroyal Consultancy
advice regarding Diversity Agenda Programme. £4,700.00
@PARA@ERM Cornwell Management Consultants Electronic
Records Management (ERM) knowledge management scoping study. £40,296.00
@PARA@ERM Cornwell Management Consultants Business
process analysis of Electronic Records Management (ERM) by Bill
Teams. £8,785.00
@PARA@ERM CIMTECH Study to establish requirement
for scanners within DCA. £750.21
@PARA@HM Inspectorate of Court Administration Reshan
Sandhu Recruitment consultant specialising in diversity issues.
He assisted in external inspector recruitment campaigns, providing
expert advice on diversity issues. £2,058.00
@PARA@HM Inspectorate of Court Administration Lexicon
Ltd Development of guides to the Crown and County Courts for
HMICA Inspectors. The guides were valuable in training new inspectors
and those who had previously has little recent knowledge of these
courts or who had been recruited from outside DCA. £24,687.00
@PARA@HMCS Estates Wheelers Audit of the
Mananging Agents' provision of Facilities Management to the HMCS
estate. Examination of systems, procedures and payment for works
services. £132,646.14
@PARA@HMCS Estates Mouchel Consulting Limited Consultancy—project
management and technical advice on major projects including Bristol
CJC and Commercial Court in RCJ. £469,965.48
@PARA@HMCS Estates KPMG Advising on balance
sheet accounting issues/standardisation manual/project management. £17,137.35
@PARA@HMCS Estates John Garnett Provide specialist
quantity surveying advise to HMCS. £79,761.97
@PARA@HMCS Estates Hurd Rolland Project management
and Design policy development advice on major estates projects.
Monitoring construction and commissioning of building works. £153,360.74
@PARA@HMCS Estates Horwood Safety Limited Health
and Safety consultancy for the Court Service for generic risk
assesment and Health and Safety training. £1,881.00
@PARA@HMCS Estates DTZ Financial Consultancy
advice on contracting PFI projects (option appraisals and feasibility
studies for projects). £244,774.26
@PARA@HMCS Estates Chesterton Estates consultancy,
advice on purchasing strategy. £45,134.05
@PARA@HMCS Resources Directorate PWC Review
and development of HMCS management information packs. £26,921.00
@PARA@HMCS Resources Directorate Ask Europe PLC Review
of the operation of the Family Division RCJ. £28,616.00
@PARA@HRD Towers Perrin Provision of temporary
project management and expert HR advice for a specific programme
and related projects. Services included: review of current HR
process, advising on improvements to HR systems/processes, production
of project plans, reports, etc; review of HRD internal structure,
advice, plans, etc, on wide-ranging change to HRD structures and
processes; expert advice on communication and change management
issues. Also included one-to-one coaching, intended to up-skill
the HRTP Programme manager (an internal DCA member of staff). £296,752.00
@PARA@HRD ORC International Ltd Provision
of temporary expert research and analysis including the production
of the Employee Opinion Survey, a detailed confidential staff
questionnaire that is used to obtain feedback on the DCA as an
employer. £5,100.00
@PARA@HRD ORC International Ltd ORC produced
a further report based on the Employee Opinion Survey which provided
an analysis by gender, ethnic origin, disability, caring responsibility,
age, sexuality and hours worked. £685.00
@PARA@HRD Mandurai Ltd Provision of expert
HR advice not available internally, specifically the production
of a Benefits Realisation Plan and analysis of costs and benefits
for the planned HR changes. This work was done in conjunction
with Largos Ltd. £3,494.05
@PARA@HRD Largos Ltd Provision of expert
HR advice not available internally, specifically the production
of a Benefits Realisation Plan and analysis of costs and benefits
for the planned HR changes. This work was done in conjunction
with Madurai Ltd. £3,613.75
@PARA@HRD KPMG The provision of management
review and assessment centres—for all existing DCA Senior
Civil Servants (SCS), new SCS recruits and promotees. Providing
analysis and feedback on assessments to staff and managers; planning
when and where events and assessments take place, etc. £26,704.04
@PARA@HRD Dennis Battle Associates Independent
investigator on internal disciplinary matter. Involved interviewing
senior staff concerned and producing a report for the determining
authority. £2,288.30
@PARA@Human Rights Division IPPR Consulting Ltd Management
review of Human Rights Division. £29,417.00
@PARA@Human Rights Division Elborough Consulting/TSO
Consulting Research project into how Human Rights are perceived
by public and stakeholders. £5,689.00
@PARA@IAD KPMG Specialist audit by independent
consultants of fraud risk at Court Funds Office. £22,000.00
@PARA@IAD Hedra Specialist estates audit
by indepenedent consultants of Queens Anne's Gate Project Management. £20,000.00
@PARA@Independent Regulatory Review—Legal &
Judicial Group MORI Consumer Survey. £59,000.00
@PARA@Independent Regulatory Review—Legal &
Judicial Group Maitland Consultancy Advice on publication
of Independent Regulatory Review and connected Press Releases. £25,000.00
@PARA@Independent Regulatory Review—Legal &
Judicial Group Ernst & Young LLP Independent consultancy
to support Review of the Regulatory Framework for Legal Services
in England and Wales. £235,256.31
@PARA@Information Rights Division UCL Consultants Development
of shadow PSA targets for Consumer strategy Directorate. £11,035.00
@PARA@Information Rights Division UCL Consultants
Review of how FOI Clearing House should operate and what outputs
it should produce. £8,000.00
@PARA@Information Rights Division Enodian Ltd Review
of Fees Policy. £24,958.00
@PARA@Information Rights Division Enodian Ltd Consultancy
advice regarding FOI governance. £9,400.00
@PARA@JSB Ilogic Ventures Policy advice for
the Strengthened Role Project. £22,687.50
@PARA@JSB GIC Ltd Review of New Mentor &
New Appraiser Training. £11,600.00
@PARA@JSB Capita Resourcing Review of JSB's
current and future needs of technology. £39,140.00
@PARA@JSB Adult Learning Inspectorate Review
of Magistrates training. £15,288.50
@PARA@JSB Adult Learning Inspectorate Evaluation
of training provision, appraisal, and mentoring arrangements within
the various tribunal jurisdictions. £4,020.00
@PARA@Judicial Appointments Development Division Rick
Evans Ltd Consultancy connected with Assessment Centre competence
design. £700.00
@PARA@Judicial Appointments Development Division Issan
Ghazni Partnership Consultancy connected with Assessment Centre
competence design. £624.10
@PARA@Judicial Appointments Development Division Human
Assets Ltd Consultancy connected with Assessment Centre competence
design. Design and delivery of Recorder and DDJ Assessment Centres. £85,341.15
@PARA@Judicial Appointments Development Division Barry
Sutlieff Advertising and communication advice. £413.00
@PARA@Judicial Appointments Development Division Assessment
and Development Consultancy Consultancy connected with Assessment
Centre competence design. Design and delivery of Employment Tribunal
Assessment Centre. £60,750.12
@PARA@Judicial Pensions Punter Southall Tax
advice by independent specialist consultancy firm connected with
Finance Act 2004. £24,674.00
@PARA@Law Commission Tribal MPC Review of
and report on Council's Communication and Consultation Strategy. £15,044.97
@PARA@Law Commission Eleri Evans Production
of feasibility study for proposed electronic magazine. £617.00
@PARA@Legal Services Ombudsman Craigforth Customer
Feedback Survey. £16,884.00
@PARA@Legal Services Ombudsman Analogue Website
development and design. £1,971.50
@PARA@Scotland Office KPMG HR review and
assessment connected with post of Head of Scotland Office. £2,816.80
£10,549,049.26
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