Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs written question – answered at on 20 July 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) institutions supported by the Higher Education Funding Councils and (b) other organisations and bodies have been awarded contracts by his Department's (i) research analysts and (ii) policy planning staff in each financial year since 2003.
The following institutions supported by the Higher Education Funding Councils have been awarded contracts by Research Analysts since 2003:
Institute for the Study of the Americas (University of London)
No contracts were awarded by Strategy Unit (formerly Policy Planners) to institutions supported by the Higher Education Funding Councils in financial year 2008-09 (the only year for which figures are available for Strategy Unit in its current form).
The following organisations or bodies were awarded contracts for services by Research Analysts in the years from 2003 (contracts for the supply of goods such as office equipment are not included):
Communicaid
Economic and Social Research Council
Factiva
Henry L. Stimson centre
Iraq Institute for Strategic Studies
Linguarama
Rainbow
World Language Consultants
The following organisations or bodies were awarded contracts for services (contracts for the supply of goods such as office equipment are not included) by the Strategy Unit (formerly Policy Planners) in financial year 2008-09 (the only year for which figures are available for Strategy Unit in its current form):
National School for Government
Overseas Development Institute
International Institute for Strategic Studies
European School for Governance
Ashridge Consulting
Wilton Park Executive Agency
RUSI Trading Ltd.
Libra Advisory Group
Mary-Louise Clark Associates Ltd.
Barkers
Centre for Parliamentary Studies
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