§ Ms MowlamTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list all the market tests that have taken place in his Department since November 1992 and indicate, in each case, whether the result was the maintenance of in-house provision, or whether the service was contracted out.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe market tests completed since November 1992 by the Office of Public Service and Science, including its agencies, HMSO and the Central Office of Information and the outcome of these tests are as follows:
Activity tested (and area) Outcome Bristol distribution centre (HMSO) Retained in-house Distribution of College 1993–94 prospectus (Civil Service College) Contracted out Elements of payroll development (Chessington computer centre) Contracted out Manchester forms centre (HMSO) Retained in-house Reprographic unit Basildon (HMSO) Part contracted out. part retained in-house Reprographic unit Manchester (HMSO) Retained in-house Security guarding (Recruitment and Assessment Services) Retained in-house Stationery store (COI) Service abandoned Telephonist service for Downing street (OPSS) Contracted out Typing services at publications centre (HMSO) Contracted out