12 Fees Payable to Audit Firms

Statutory audit fees payable to PricewaterhouseCoopers were £2.0m (£2.0m) including £0.1m (£0.1m) in respect of the Company.

Further fees payable comprised:

Click icon to see this table in Excel format		1998 £m	1997 £m
Audit related services:
	Regulatory returns and achieved profits basis audits	0.5	0.5
	Tax and accounting advice	0.5	0.5
	Acquisitions and disposals	–	0.7
Consultancy services		7.7	0.8
Total		8.7	2.5

Consultancy services for 1998 included £2.4m payable to Coopers & Lybrand prior to the date of appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditors. Included in the total of £8.7m are fees of £8.2m (£1.9m) for work performed in the United Kingdom.