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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.
| 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
|
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|
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
|
