To ask the Scottish Executive what contracts with a value of £100,000 and over it and the Scottish Office placed with PricewaterhouseCoopers and their predecessors, Price Waterhouse and Coopers and Lybrand, in each year since 1993.

Since 1 April 1996 only two contracts with a value in excess of £100,000 have been placed with Price Waterhouse, Coopers and Lybrand or PricewaterhouseCoopers.

In 1996 a contract was awarded to Coopers and Lybrand to provide financial advice on the Kilmarnock Prison PFI project. In 2000 a contract was awarded to PricewaterhouseCoopers in respect of a feasibility study of broadband connectivity for schools.

Information for the period prior to 1 April 1996 is not held centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.