Market Testing (Hansard, 1 July 1992)

§ Dr. Marek
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give a date when he will announce the areas of work in his Department to be market tested; and whether all relevant information will be made publicly available.

§ Mr. Howard
I refer the hon. Member to the answer that my right hon. Friend the Chancellor for the Duchy of Lancaster gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire, South-East (Mr. Paice) on 22 June 1992,Official Report, column 102.

§ Dr. Marek
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

§ Mr. Howard
The full cost of the market testing initiative in my Department since November 1991 is estimated at £223,000.

§ Dr. Marek
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

§ Mr. Howard
No such estimate has yet been made.