HC Deb 23 May 1989 vol 153 c495W
Mr. Gerald Bowden

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the outcome of the recent consultation exercise on the application of the competition legislation to the functions transferred from the Inner London education authority to the inner boroughs and the City of London.

Mr. Gummer

The Government have decided to make regulations which will introduce a phased implementation programme for the introduction of competition under the Local Government Act 1988 between 1 August 1991 and 1 August 1992 and provide that competition under the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 will apply from 1 April 1990. Of the functions which will transfer to the inner London boroughs and the City of London after ILEA's abolition on 1 April 1990 the following functions will be subject to competitive tender: vehicle maintenance, ground maintenance, school catering, building cleaning; and building maintenance.