§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will indicate the financial costs to his Department in commissioning and publishing the research 283W document "Competitive Tendering for Local Authority Services—Initial Experiences"; and if he will indicate the future costs of any further research into compulsory competitive tendering that his Department is planning.
§ Mr. PortilloThe figure is £83,000. This was the first part of a three-year study, the remainder of which is estimated to cost £98,000.