§ Mr. SproatTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress he has made in achieving the target of a reduction of 1.5 per cent. in his Department's running costs for the present financial year, in the first half of this financial year; and what specifically has been saved, by what means and in what areas of his responsibility.
§ Mr. MatesWe are on target to deliver the 1.8 per cent. cash releasing savings as detailed at chapter 11 of "Northern Ireland expenditure plans and Priorities 1992–93–1994–95" (Cmnd. 1917).