§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the total increase in his Department's expenditure incurred as a result of the Government decision, effective as from 1st April 1975, to require contractors for cleaning Government buildings to pay wages comparable with those paid for similar work by local authorities.
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§ Mr. DeakinsI regret that any increased expenditure attributable to the introduction of the requirement cannot be separately identified without obtaining information about the wages paid by cleaning contractors prior to its introduction. To obtain such information would involve unjustified expenditure.