§ Mr. Franksasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what information he has as to the savings which resulted from competitive tendering for local authority services for each of the past three years; and what are the total estimated savings that can be extrapolated from this information for the current financial year.
§ Mrs. RumboldAlthough some information is available about the savings estimated to accrue from the award of work to contractors, it is impossible to estimate the total efficiency gains which have resulted from exposure of in-house services to competition.