§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list the contracts entered into with private sector companies for the provision of goods or services since May 1997 where penalty clauses were triggered for non-performance; and if he will make a statement. [122023]
§ Mr. RookerWhere appropriate DSS contracts are drawn up to incentivise suppliers to provide acceptable or better levels of service.
Details of all such contracts could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.