Market Testing (Hansard, 1 July 1992)

§ Dr. Marek
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

§ Mr. Waldegrave
The total cost of the market testing initiative in my Department since November 1991 is estimated to have been £139,300.

§ Dr. Marek
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster 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. Waldegrave
I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire, South-East (Mr. Paice) on 22 June 1992, at column102.

§ Dr. Marek
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

§ Mr. Waldegrave
Market testing in the former Management and Personnel Office and in the Office of the Minister for the Civil Service is estimated to have saved some £290,000 in cash terms between 1986–87 and 1991–92.