Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunal Service plans to spend on consultancies in total; and how much and on which consultancies that service plans to spend (a) more and (b) less than £50,000 in the 2018-19 financial year.
The following table shows the amounts of expenditure on consultants planned by HMCTS for the 18/19 financial year.
Supplier | FY Forecast | Notes |
PWC - Delivery Partner | 18,041,125 | Strategic advice on Reform Programme |
Methods Business & Digital Technology LTD | 2,118,619 | Judicial engagement project to raise awareness of HMCTS reform |
Revolving Doors | 72,000 | Improve digital services in HMCTS service centres |
PORISM LTD | 2,385 | Documenting workshops for three service project |
Pinsett Mansons | 14,233 | Legal advice re Authorised Enforcement Agency project |
Cabinet Office | 23,628 | Consultancy services on Transforming Compliance and Enforcement Programmes |
Veracity | 56,574 | Refinancial Services |
Beamans Ltd | 4,296 | Profile Evaluations |
Beamans Ltd | 28,050 | Job families framework |
Beamans Ltd | 20,000 | Profile Evaluations (JECS or JEPS) |
Beamans Ltd | 32,346 | Profile Evaluations (JECS or JEPS) |
Cabinet Office | 1,050 | Work on MoJ participation in National Fraud Initiative |
PA Consultancy Services LTD | 1,402 | Facilitation Services for staff away day |
Deloitte | 87,500 | Financial services forecast for remainder 18/19 |
Total | 20,503,208 |
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The majority of spend relates to the PWC Delivery Partner contract, which provides strategic advice and support across HMCTS Reform Note that the figure cited above includes VAT. It should be noted that the PWC contract is a strategic partnership contract that replaced several individual contracts, and as such gives us access to specialist skills across the change spectrum.