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34. Auditors
The auditors’ remuneration for the year ended 31 March 2001 for the group was £3,639,000 (2000 – £2,650,000, 1999 – £2,491,000), including £1,261,000 (2000 – £1,229,000, 1999 – £1,216,000) for the company.
 
The following fees were paid or are payable to the company's auditors, PricewaterhouseCoopers, in the UK for the years ended 31 March 2001, 31 March 2000 and 31 March 1999:
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  2001 2000 1999  
  £000 £000 £000  
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Audit of the company’s statutory accounts 1,261 1,229 1,216  
Audits of the UK subsidiary undertakings’ statutory accounts 839 834 605  
Other services (a):        
  Accountants’ reports on restructuring/demerger projects 9,756 – –  
  Regulatory, tax, accounting and other audit 2,717 2,617 3,030  
  Concert global venture related work 1,196 5,117 1,023  
  Systems advice 1,360 1,461 2,808  
  Corporate finance advice 730 1,810 596  
  Other consultancy 464 1,740 1,398  
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Total 18,323 14,808 10,676  
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(a)  Fees for the year ended 31 March 1999 comprise work carried out by Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse in the three months to 30 June 1998 and work carried out by PricewaterhouseCoopers on or subsequent to 1 July 1998, the date of the firms’ merger.
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In addition, fees of £3,025,000 were paid or are payable to PricewaterhouseCoopers for the year ended 31 March 2001 (2000 – £6,382,000) in respect of audit and other services to the company’s subsidiary undertakings outside the UK. Fees of £6,418,000 were paid to other international members of Coopers & Lybrand, Price Waterhouse or PricewaterhouseCoopers for the year ended 31 March 1999 in respect of audit and other services to the company’s subsidiary undertakings outside the UK. Fees of £1,283,000 and £865,000 were paid for work carried out by Price Waterhouse inside and outside the UK, respectively, between 1 April and 1 July 1998.
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