Contracted-out Services

HC Deb 03 February 1986 vol 91 c67W

Mr. Canavan

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will state, for services for which each Government Department is responsible, the expenditure on contracted-out services in (a) catering, (b) laundry, (c) security guarding, (d) cleaning, (e) general maintenance and (f) other services; and if he will express that expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure on each service.

Mr. MacGregor

The table shows total expenditure of Government Departments in 1984–85. Comparable information for "other services" cannot be provided except at disproportionate cost.

Estimated costs (1984–85)
	(1)	(2)	(3)
	Total	Contracted out	(2) as per cent. of (1)
	£ million	£ million
Service
Catering—Home Offce
Prison Dept and MOD	108.0	4.5	4.2
Other depts	6.9	4.5	65.2
Cleaning	69.2	58.4	84.4
Laundry	11.3	8.3	73.5
Maintenance	116.1	94.9	81.7
Security Guarding	66.5	5.0	7.5
Totals	*378.0	*175.7	46.5

^* Totals are not the exact sums of component items due to rounding.