Purchasing Costs

HC Deb 29 March 1990 vol 170 cc309-10W

Mr. Colvin

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if his Department achieved the target of 5 per cent. saving in purchasing costs in 1988–89, set by the Paymaster General, through use of the central unit on purchasing.

Mr. Cope

Through the co-ordinating efforts of the central unit on purchasing for Northern Ireland, we achieved savings of 6.3 per cent. worth £17.7 million in 1988–89—significantly above the target which had been set.