HC Deb 06 March 1990 vol 168 c616W
74. Mr. Allan Stewart

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what savings through competition and value for money his Department has achieved over the past year.

105. Mr. Hind

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what savings through competition and value for money his Department has achieved over the past year.

Mr. Alan Clark

The Department's commercial approach to defence procurement, including the greater emphasis on competition as part of the overall strategy of seeking value for money, has achieved substantial savings. It is, however, difficult to quantify those savings in the absence of information on the price that would have been achieved in other circumstances.