§ 24. Mr. Thurnhamasked the Secretary of State for Defence what are the estimated savings as a result of placing work originally undertaken by his Department with private contractors.
§ Mr. Norman LamontWe estimate that the contracting out completed over the six years up to 1 February 1986 accounts for a reduction of 8,625.5 posts. Savings amount to about £28 million a year. These figures exclude any RN refitting work placed with private contractors.
§ 39. Mr. Stevensasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will give an estimate of the savings in the last two years obtained from the competitive tendering procedures now in use.
§ Mr. LamontI refer my hon. Friend to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Bristol, North-West (Mr. Stern) on 26 November 1985, at column 553.