§ Mr. Strangasked the Minister for the Civil Service if, further to the reply of the right hon. Member for Southend, West (Mr. Channon) of 5 November 1980, Official Report, c. 1286, he will now publish the quarterly return of the figures in so far as they relate to the comparative cost and numbers of publicly employed and contracted cleaning staff.
§ Mr. HayhoeI refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Northampton, North (Mr. Marlow) on 28 January.—[Vol.997, c. 921.]122W Reductions in Civil Service numbers arising as a result of transfers of work to the private sector since May 1979 have been small. Accordingly, no return has yet been made to the Select Committee.