§ 28. Mr. Thurnhamasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what are the current estimated savings by his Department for 1984–85 as a result of privatisation schemes.
§ Sir Keith JosephThe Department is not involved in privatisation schemes in the sense of transferring the whole of a central Government undertaking to the private sector. It does however contract out the provision of its own common services where this in the interests of efficient management, but it is not possible to estimate the total savings accruing.