HC Deb 16 December 1992 vol 216 cc237-8W
Mr. Denham

To ask the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the purposes for which private detective agencies are engaged by his Department, the procedures used to authorise such engagements, and the expenditure on the engagement of private detective agencies in each of the last two years.

Mr. Neil Hamilton

[holding answer 14 December 1992]: The information can be obtained only at disproportionate cost.