Theresa Villiers corrected the Commons record on Departmental Consultants
Theresa Villiers made the correction and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 23 January 2012. The correction replaced 2 figures (0.3, 24.81) with 2 figures (0.4, 24.91). Altogether 10 words differ between the two versions.
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which consultants and advisers her Department has employed in respect of the (a) Thameslink programme, (b) Thameslink rolling stock procurement and (c) Intercity Express programme; how much she has budgeted in respect of each such contractor; and how much each contractor has invoiced to date. Letter of correction from Mrs Theresa Villiers: An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth) on 23 November 2011. The full answer given was as follows:
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Struck through: original only. Bold: correction only.
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| [holding answer 21 October 2011]: The information requested can be found as follows. Thameslink Rolling Stock Project £ million | Costs incurred to May 2010 | Cost incurred June 2010 to September 2011 | October 2011 to March 2012 forecast Arup | 4.0 | 1.7 | 0.5 Freshfields | 6.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 PWC | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 Interfleet | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0 Booz | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 Total | 15.1 | 4.9 | 2.5 Thameslink Programme £ million | Costs incurred to May 2010 | Cost incurred June 2010 to September 2011 | October 2011 to March 2012 forecast Atkins | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 EC Harris | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.25 SDG | 0 | 0.1 | 0.03 Nichols | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.04 Bovis Lend Lease Consulting | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.09 Eversheds | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0 Willis | 0.036 | 0.004 | 0.01 Total | 2.906 | 1.014 | 0.52 IEP Programme £ million | Costs incurred to May 2010 | Cost incurred June 2010 to September 2011 | October 2011 to March 2012 forecast Barkers HR Advertising | 0.016 | 0 | 0 Capita Resourcing | | 0.008 | 0 Clifford Chance | 0.002 | 0 | 0 Congress Centre | 0.012 | 0 | 0 Ernst and Young | 0.2 | 0 | 0 First Class Partnership | 0.006 | 0 | 0 Freshfields | 5.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 Jim Standen Associates | 0.01 | 0 | 0 Manpower | 0 | 0.13 | 0.25 Mott MacDonald | 11.8 | 0.48 | 0.70 MWB Business Exchange | 0.002 | 0 | 0 Nichols | 3.1 | 0.09 | 0.02 PWC | 2.5 | 0.16 | 0.8 QCs | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 Reed Employment | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0 SDG | 1.2 | 0.13 | 0 Willis | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.009 Total | | 2.04 | 2.88 Detailed spending plans for years beyond the financial year 2011-12 have not yet been agreed. The correct answer should have been: | [holding answer 21 October 2011]: The information requested can be found as follows. Thameslink Rolling Stock Project £ million | Costs incurred to May 2010 | Cost incurred June 2010 to September 2011 | October 2011 to March 2012 forecast Arup | 4.0 | 1.7 | 0.5 Freshfields | 6.6 | 1.9 | 1.3 PWC | 2.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 Interfleet | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0 Booz | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 Total | 15.1 | 4.9 | 2.5 Thameslink Programme £ million | Costs incurred to May 2010 | Cost incurred June 2010 to September 2011 | October 2011 to March 2012 forecast Atkins | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 EC Harris | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.25 SDG | 0 | 0.1 | 0.03 Nichols | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.04 Bovis Lend Lease Consulting | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.09 Eversheds | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0 Willis | 0.036 | 0.004 | 0.01 Total | 2.906 | 1.014 | 0.52 IEP Programme £ million | Costs incurred to May 2010 | Cost incurred June 2010 to September 2011 | October 2011 to March 2012 forecast Barkers HR Advertising | 0.016 | 0 | 0 Capita Resourcing | 0.4 | 0.008 | 0 Clifford Chance | 0.002 | 0 | 0 Congress Centre | 0.012 | 0 | 0 Ernst and Young | 0.2 | 0 | 0 First Class Partnership | 0.006 | 0 | 0 Freshfields | 5.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 Jim Standen Associates | 0.01 | 0 | 0 Manpower | 0 | 0.13 | 0.25 Mott MacDonald | 11.8 | 0.48 | 0.70 MWB Business Exchange | 0.002 | 0 | 0 Nichols | 3.1 | 0.09 | 0.02 PWC | 2.5 | 0.16 | 0.8 QCs | 0 | 0.01 | 0.01 Reed Employment | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0 SDG | 1.2 | 0.13 | 0 Willis | 0.01 | 0.005 | 0.009 Total | 24.91 | 2.04 | 2.88 Detailed spending plans for years beyond the financial year 2011-12 have not yet been agreed. |
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