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AWE Burghfield

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the last health and safety audit was carried out at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Burghfield; what the outcome was with particular reference to the state of Gravel Gertie facilities; and if he will make a statement. [164137]

Des Browne: The most recent health and safety audit at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Burghfield was an inspection by the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) during the period 5-9 November 2007. The NII have confirmed that no new issues were raised in relation to the material condition or functionality of the facilities, including the Gravel Gerties.

Ballistic Missile Defence

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will hold a public consultation on the US’s use of Menwith Hill base as part of the US Missile Defense Programme; and if he will make a statement. [165043]

Des Browne: The MOD published a consultation paper on 8 December 2002, “Missile Defence: A Public Discussion Paper”, ahead of a full parliamentary debate on 15 January 2003 on the UK’s involvement in the US ballistic missile defence system. The principles underpinning that debate have not changed, and we have no plans to hold a further public consultation on this issue.

Consultants: Contracts

Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and disbursements, of these contracts are for the current financial year; how long each contract lasts; and what the forecast total value is of each contract. [163816]


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Mr. Bob Ainsworth: The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

However, I am able to provide details of contracts placed for external consultants in the current financial year for management and business consultancy, financial and accountancy services, corporate governance and audit, support to PPP/PFI projects and legal services and these are shown in the following table.

Details of the MOD's expenditure on external assistance have been reported to Ministers since 1995-96 and summaries are available in the Library of the House.

Furthermore, information on organisations, including consultancy firms, paid £5 million or more by the Department in each financial year is published in the UK Defence Statistics. Copies of this are also available in the Library of the House.


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Supplier Start date End date Contract value

Atos Consulting Ltd.

3 September 2007

2 November 2007

95,959

Atos

1 June 2007

31 October 2007

99,024

Atos Origin

9 July 2007

31 August 2007

26,745

Atos Consulting Ltd.

1 June 2007

30 September 2007

99,289

Deloitte

19 September 2007

31 March 2008

113,135

Simpler Consulting Ltd.

1 October 2007

31 March 2008

60,000

Simpler Consulting

7 May 2007

31 October 2007

125,400

Simpler Consulting Ltd.

1 April 2007

30 September 2007

296,360

Simpler Consulting

1 April 2007

31 March 2008

159,600

Lloyds Register Quality Assurance Ltd.

1 February 2008

31 September 2011

7,000

Bsquared

Extension period 1 July 2007

28 February 2008

60,000

Individual Consultant

16 February 2007

15 February 2008

7,500

Partnering Solutions

10 April 2007

4 May 2007

19,000

PA Consulting

1 August 2007

30 November 2009

140,000

PA Consulting

28 June 2007

30 November 2007

45,000

SMT Consulting

28 August 2007

2 October 2007

48,850

Ward-Knight Ltd.

1 July 2007

1 October 2007

6,375

Wyman Dillon Ltd.

1 September 2007

31 August 2010

60,000

PWC

24 May 2007

1 July 2007

16,987

Minty

2 July 2007

31 August 2007

69,976

Individual Consultant

9 July 2007

31 December 2007

22,000

Blue Edge

1 July 2007

31 July 2007

8,000

Inspira UK Ltd.

24 July 2007

30 November 2007

17,150

Water for Fish

1 August 2007

31 December 2007

46,000

Intellika Ltd.

1 September 2007

31 August 2008

46,000

Individual Consultant

1 August 2007

30 September 2007

4,000

Individual Consultant

10 August 2007

31 March 2008

100,000

Stanton Marris

2 August 2007

31 October 2007

25,200

ORMultiView

22 August 2007

31 July 2008

24,240

Deloitte MCS Ltd.

9 July 2007

3 August 2007

45,000

Deloitte MCS Ltd.

9 October 2007

30 September 2011

2,049,411

Individual Consultant

1 December 2007

31 October 2008

37,500

Mentis Consulting Ltd.

26 September 2007

11 October 2007

12,150

Blue Edge Consulting Ltd.

2 October 2007

11 January 2008

35,000

Catalyze Ltd.

1 September 2007

30 September 2007

13,000

Individual Consultant

10 September 2007

18 September 2007

7,100

Harpum Consulting

14 September 2007

31 March 2008

13,250

HASCAS

1 April 2007

31 March 2009

35,700

Individual Consultant

17 September 2007

30 September 2007

5,000

Individual Consultant

27 September 2007

30 November 2007

18,400

Individual Consultant

22 October 2007

30 November 2007

5,000

Individual Consultant

4 October 2007

2 November 2007

12,500

Individual Consultant

15 October 2007

15 November 2007

4,650

Beamans

25 October 2007

30 November 2007

5,135

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

1 June 2007

31 January 2008

550,000

CROSSTC Limited

6 November 2007

31 January 2008

5,000

Catalyze Ltd.

4 July 2007

20 July 2007

10,950

KPMG

25 October 2007

9 November 2007

95,300

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

23 July 2007

30 September 2007

376,839

Burges Salmon

10 January 2006

10 January 2010

391,288

DWS

10 January 2006

10 January 2010

743,970

Freshfields

10 January 2006

10 January 2010

97,410

Individual Consultant

10 January 2006

10 January 2010

0

M&R

10 January 2006

10 January 2010

15,585

Pinsent Masons

10 January 2006

10 January 2010

34,101

Sheppard & Wedderburn

10 January 2006

10 January 2010

0

Wragge & Co

10 January 2006

10 January 2010

801,574

Addleshaw Booth

9 January 2002

9 January 2006

423,906

DLA

9 January 2002

9 January 2006

32,065

Freshfields

9 January 2002

9 January 2006

0

Sheppard & Wedderburn

9 January 2002

9 January 2006

6,555

Simmons & Simmons

9 January 2002

9 January 2006

1,109,375

Veale Wasborough

9 October 2002

9 January 2006

200,813

Eversheds

9 January 2002

9 January 2006

50,514

Masons

8 January 1998

9 January 2002

4,211

McGrigor Donald

8 January 1998

9 January 2002

0

Pinsent Masons

8 January 1998

9 January 2002

15,200

8 January 1998

9 January 2002

691,343

Total

9,803,585


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