HC Deb 01 February 1995 vol 253 cc709-10W
Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what was the cost of the report prepared by SIA Ltd. on the analysis of responses to consultation on Government measures to tackle discrimination against disabled people.

Mr. Hague

The total cost of producing and printing the document, including the sum paid to SIA Ltd. for research and analysis, was £73,000.

Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will commission a report on the analysis of responses to the Government consultation on pensions similar to the analysis carried out by SIA Ltd. on Government measures to tackle discrimination against disabled people.

Mr. Arbuthnot

No. The report of the pension law review committee included an analysis of the written responses to the committee's consultation document. Since the publication of that report, the Department has consulted widely on a large number of issues, and received detailed and technical responses. These were placed in the Library on Thursday 22 December 1994 in response to the hon. Member's earlier question, on 19 December 1994, Official Report columns 930–31.

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