Market Testing (Hansard, 2 July 1992)

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

§ Mr. Key
[holding answer 1 July 1992]: None.

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

§ Mr. Key
[holding answer 1 July 1992]: As this is a newly formed Department, no costs have yet been incurred on the market-testing initiative.

§ Dr. Marek
To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage 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. Key
[holding answer 1 July 1992]: I refer 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, Official Report, column 102.