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Departmental Consultants

Mr. Walker: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 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. [163809]

Caroline Flint: The Department for Work and Pensions' current contracts with external consultants, the estimated expenditure on them (including VAT and all disbursements) in the current financial year, their total value and duration are shown in the following table.


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Department for Work and Pensions—contracts with external consultants—November 2007
Contract External consultants Estimated total value July 2008 (£) Duration of contract Estimated total value of contract (£)

Support to pensions transformation programme

Booz Allen Hamilton

14,134,745

3 February 2003 to 30 November 2007

104,680,750

Strategic partner to employment support allowance project

Capgemini

5,875,000

26 March 2007 to 25 March 2011

15,275,000

Integrated communications network services - contract transformation plan management

Deloitte

3,935,977

24 November 2005 to 31 March 2009

12,038,290

DWP cross towers communications

Deloitte

5,875,000

3 April 2006 to 31 March 2008

11,792,357

Support to disability and carers service change programme

PA Consulting

237,607

1 December 2006 to 31 May 2008

10,575,000

Professional and consultancy services for the continuous improvement programme

Capgemini

6,165,120

7 July 2007 to 6 July 2008

8,220,161

Strategic partner—business and financial controls

PricewaterhouseCoopers

1,818,248

1 April 2006 to 31 March 2008

6,462,500

Initial design support—business process design and re-engineering

Deloitte

1,343,601

20 June 2006 to 28 December 2007

4,419,985

Strategic partner to risk assurance division

Grant Thornton

1,175,000

1 June 2005 to 31 May

3,414,714

Enabling retirement savings programme (design and implementation strand)

Deloitte

1,175,000

8 August 2007 to 31 July 2009

2,585,000

HR IS/IT modernisation programme

Capgemini

1,435,876

23 October 2006 to 22 October 2008

2,350,000

Support to central payments system programme 2

Deloitte

1,374,734

1 November 2007 to 31 May 2007

1,924,628

DWP leaflet review and analysis

Bang Communications

634,984

29 September 2006 to 31 January 2008

1,039,348

DWP mystery shopper

GFK/NOP

242,581

3 January 2006 to 31 January 2009

728,479

Support to central payments system programme l

PricewaterhouseCoopers

431,862

1 November 2007 to 31 May 2007

604,608

Support to performance and planning: clear line of sight

Capgemini

587,077

31 May 2007 to 31 May 2008

587,077

Fraud tracking research

GFK/NOP

273,706

30 July 2007 to 31 December 2008

581,625

Child maintenance redesign—disregard

Deloitte

374,736

1 August 2007 to 31 July 2008

562,104

Programme management and assurance function to the corporate centre

Capgemini

497,495

1 August 2007 to 18 December 2007

497,495

Programme design and programme business change for pensions reform delivery programme

PricewaterhouseCoopers

449,849

10 September 2007 to 31 March 2008

449,849

Delivery of financial controls

Deloitte

240,763

13 July 2007 to 30 March 2009

436,443

Child maintenance redesign—information and support

Deloitte

241,332

1 August 2007 to 31 July 2008

361,998

Departmental financial advisers

PricewaterhouseCoopers

352,500

1 June 2007 to 30 November 2009

352,500

Development of organisational design review and high level people strategy for jobcentre plus

Deloitte

339,641

16 August 2007 to 1 January 2008

339,641

DWP media evaluation

Media Measurement

163,578

7 December 2005 to 31 December 2007

293,750

Business design and design capability—change directorate

Deloitte

158,625

6 August 2007 to 12 August 2007

293,750

Support to the six point plan for government

ATOS

220,665

16 July 2007 to 16 November 2007

220,665

DWP public attitudes research

Brahm Ltd

108,462

7 December 2005 to 31 March 2008

204,072

HR learning and development improvement programme

PA Consulting

79,247

16 July 2007 to 31 March 2009

198,118

Talent management and leadership development

PA Consulting

177,278

28 February 2007 to 30 March 2008

177,278

Baselining and tracking research of employability campaign

FDS

133,931

13 June 2007 to 31 January 2008

133,931

Talent/leadership development framework for jobcentre plus

PA Consulting

55,166

19 December 2006 to 31 March 2008

117,353

Support for working together programme evaluation phase and future strategic design

PKF

115,150

1 September 2007 to 31 March 2008

115,150

Designing an accreditation approach

PA Consulting

115,091

25 September 2007 to 31 December 2007

115,091

Scheme design support for financial assistance scheme

FS Explorer

64,168

17 September 2007 to 17 July 2008

105,774

Pensions reform delivery programme

Tribal Communications

105,574

24 April 2007 to 31 December 2007

105,574

Financial support on Remploy/TU negotiations

KPMG

102,225

24 August 2007 to 31 October 2007

102,225

Updated DWP leadership and management development approach

PKF

88,125

13 November 2007 to 30 January 2008

88,125

Independent verification of CSA improvement plan benefits realisation

Oakleigh

34,892

16 January 2007 to 19 December 2007

64,972

Design study for central payments system programme—pensions integration backbone

Accenture

49,115

15 October 2007 to 15 December 2007

49,115

Office of Disability Issues—images of disability initiative

Agnes Fletcher

25,263

29 October 2007 to 31 December 2007

25,263

Due diligence work

PricewaterhouseCoopers

23,280

29 October 2007 to 30 November 2007

23,280

Data warehouse strategy architect

Capgemini

11,351

6 November 2006 to 30 November 2007

22,701

Support to pensions transformation programme: rational software

IBM

18,180

23 July 2007 to 31 March 2008

18,180

Strategic advice for pensions reform communications campaign

Brahm

15,686

29 October 2007 to 16 November 2007

15,686

Total

51,077,485

192,769,602


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