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Debts: Counselling

Mr. Drew: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received from (a) the Church of England and (b) other churches on debt counselling. [178968]

Angela Eagle: HM Treasury has not received any representations from (a) the Church of England or (b) other churches on debt counselling.

Departmental Administration

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress his Department has made towards its administrative burden reduction target. [178567]

Angela Eagle: Progress towards the administrative burden target was set out in the Treasury's simplification plan published in December 2007. The plan is available on the Treasury's website at:

http://www.hm-treasury.gov.uk/media/4/4/simplificationplan111207.pdf

Departmental Buildings

Mr. Prisk: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) new build and (b) refurbishment projects of a value of under £250,000 for which his Department was responsible took place in 2005-06; and how many of those projects were subject to the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method. [176725]

Angela Eagle: There were no new build or refurbishment projects under £250,000 in value undertaken by the Treasury in 2005-06.

Departmental Contracts

Jim Cousins: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) objective and (b) value was of each contract placed with (i) Deloitte & Touche, (ii) Ernst & Young, (iii) KPMG, (iv) PricewaterhouseCoopers and (v) PA Consulting by his Department and its agencies in each year since 2004-05. [179023]

Angela Eagle: The nature and total value of all contracts, consultancies and other services placed by The Treasury and its agencies with Deloitte and Touche, Ernst and Young, KPMG, PricewaterhouseCoopers and PA Consulting are contained in the following tables:

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HMT
£
		2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Deloitte and Touche	—	0	0	0
Ernst and Young	Audit	44,118	197,084	213,232
	Policy Review	47,692	0	120,028
	Outsourced Payroll Review	0	20,228	0
	General Consultancy	289,244	70,410	112,337
	Total	381,053	287,721	445,597
KPMG	Executive Recruitment	0	0	107,352
	General Consultancy	44,118	264,512	29,921
	Total	44,118	264,512	137,273
PA Consulting	Staff Development	61,466	170,421	1,111,345
	General Consultancy	35,518	21,188	0
	Total	96,985	191,609	1,111,345
PWC	Liquidator Fees	0	85,143	11,409
	Financial Advisory Services	0	92,194	161,890
	Total	0	177,337	173,299

OGC
£
		2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Deloitte and Touche	General Consultancy	137,925	128,651	66,944
	Total	137,925	128,651	66,944
Ernst and Young	—	0	0	0
KPMG	General Consultancy	123,867	860,420	17,273
	Total	123,867	860,420	17,273
PA Consulting	Staff Development	260,318	80,811	852
	General Consultancy	0	0	72,713
	Total	260,318	80,811	73,565
PWC	General Consultancy	31,461	868,437	59,191
	Total	31,461	868,437	59,191

NS&I
£
		2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Deloitte and Touche	Internal Audit Service	522,319	1,000,281	1,356,255
	Project Management and Advice	19,021	96,861	12,925
	Total	541,340	1,097,142	1,369,180
Ernst and Young	Post Office Compliance Audit	0	63,450	199,750
	Total	0	63,450	199,750
KPMG	—	0	0	0
PA Consulting	Business Continuity Management	29,706	122,780	89,320
	Total	29,706	122,780	89,320
PWC	—	0	0	0

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Royal Mint
£
		2004-05	2005-06	2006-07
Deloitte and Touche	—	0	0	0
Ernst and Young	—	0	0	0
KPMG	General Consultancy	0	3,500	0
	Total	0	3,500	0
PA Consulting	—	0	0	0
PWC	Vesting	0	351,052	0
	VAT	0	8,500	4,500
	PAYE Advice	0	0	3,245
	General Consultancy	2,250	64,956	26,688
	Total	2,250	424,508	34,433

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