HC Deb 12 June 1990 vol 174 c159W
Mr. Paice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment how much money he estimates to have been saved by compulsory competitive tendering in areas for which his Department has responsibility in each of the last five years.

Mr. Chris Patten

Savings from competitive tendering in my Department, including the Property Services Agency, over the past five years were:

£ million
1985–86 14.00
1986–87 27.25
1987–88 30.72
1988–89 23.41
1989–90 32.23