Margaret Hodge – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Margaret Hodge on 2016-09-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many times his Department has used the services of (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years; and what (i) work was undertaken and (ii) the cost to the public purse was on each such occasion.
Harriett Baldwin
Detailed information about the work undertaken in individual contracts could only be provided at disproportionate cost. The table below shows the number of times the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has used the services of PwC, Deloitte, Ernst and Young and KPMG and the total expenditure for each financial year.
|
Vendor Name |
Number of Contracts |
2013-14 Payments |
2014-15 Payments |
2015-16 Payments |
|
PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP |
20 |
£12,291,493 |
£10,495,047 |
£17,459,400 |
|
DELOITTE LLP |
44 |
£22,239,558 |
£12,325,152 |
£12,342,592 |
|
DELOITTE MCS LIMITED |
12 |
£6,142,266 |
£6,792,413 |
£2,675,673 |
|
ERNST & YOUNG LLP |
10 |
£17,258,841 |
£16,996,746 |
£18,786,874 |
|
KPMG LLP |
24 |
£25,284,417 |
£38,350,698 |
£33,175,164 |
|
Total |
110 |
£83,216,575 |
£84,960,056 |
£84,439,703 |
Although the MOD can identify its direct expenditure with individual companies it does not specifically record centrally if the company is a consultancy firm. It is therefore not possible to identify (e) other consulting firms without being provided with a list of specific companies. Non-consulting companies can also provide consultancy services to the MOD as part of a larger contract.
