Consultants
(asked on 21st July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2014, Official Report, column 184W, on consultants, who the consultants were; what they were contracted to do; and how much each was paid.
The information requested in respect of the Crown Prosecution Service was contained in an answer given to the Rt. Hon Member by the Attorney General on the 16th July (Official Report, Col 678W).
The table below contains details on the consultants used by the SFO since 2010-11.
Year | Contractor | Work type | Amount (£) |
2010-11 | PA Consultancy | Support work for senior management | 986k |
2010-11 | Corven | Development work relating to Deferred Prosecution Agreements; coaching | 480k |
2010-11 | SCC | IT consultancy | 60k |
2010-11 | DTZ | Preparation of Business case for relocation and satellite offices | 24k |
2010-11 | Morland Consulting | Research & Support Strategic Risk Assessment | 10k |
2010-11 | Processflows Ltd | IT consultancy | 1k |
2010-11 | Ravn Systems Ltd | IT consultancy | 7k |
2011-12 | PA Consultancy | Support work for senior management | 208k |
2011-12 | Corven | Consultancy work relating to Deferred Prosecution Agreements | 542k |
2011-12 | BNP Paribas | Lease surrender | 61k |
2011-12 | Ravn Systems | IT consultancy | 44k |
2011-12 | Hill and Knowlton | Communication advice | 1k |
2012-13 | PA Consultancy | Late invoice for work in 2011-12 (as above) | 31k |
2013-14 | SCC | IT consultancy | 32k |
2013-14 | CIO Partners | Preparation of specialist IT specification | 2k |
2013-14 | Others* | Data management reviews | 14k |
* Two individuals carried out some work relating to an incident of data loss
Note 1: Records for this type of expenditure were not properly documented prior to April 2012. Available records are summarised above:
Note 2: The combined total of costs for the year 2010/11 does not match SFO’s previously published figures. The previous figure was understated by £10k because of credits for late invoices relating to 2009/10 which had been incorrectly categorised as consultancy expenditure.