§ Norman LambTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on his Department's procurement policy with regard to offshore IT and call centre outsourcing; whether his Department is outsourcing IT and call centre jobs to offshore companies; to which countries his Department has outsourced these jobs; how much his Department has spent on this outsourcing in each of the last two years; and how much has been budgeted for this purpose for the next two years. [147586]
§ Mr. CaplinI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Falkirk, East (Mr. Connarty) on 29 October 2003,Official Report, column 220W.