§ Dr. MarekTo ask the Minister for the Civil Service if he will make a statement about the interdepartmental review of residual functions set up by the Prime Minister's efficiency unit to look at what responsibilities will be left for Departments once the "next steps" proposals are fully implemented.
§ Mr. Renton[holding answer 7 March 1991]: The terms of reference of the efficiency unit's interdepartmental study into the relationships between Departments and their agencies were published in the Governments's response (Cm1263) to the Treasury and Civil Service Committee's most recent report on the "next steps" initiative. The unit is due to complete its work in the course of this month.