Market Testing (Hansard, 1 July 1992)

§ Dr. Marek
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, 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. John M. Taylor
I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to my hon. Friend the Member for Cambridgeshire, South-East (Mr. Paice) on 22 June 1992, at column102.
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§ Dr. Marek
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what has been the total cost so far of the market-testing initiative in his Department since November 1991.

Mr. John M. Taylor
The full cost of the market testing initiative in our Department since November 1991 has been £84,495.

§ Dr. Marek
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what estimate he has made of savings in his Department as a result of the market-testing programme.

Mr. John M. Taylor
No such estimate has been made.