§ Mr. DevaTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish figures showing the year on year increase in the amount of central Government market testing; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Waldegrave[pursuant to his reply, 23 November 1992, column 606–74]: The details of the market testing plans of main Departments were published yesterday in the citizens charter White Paper. The breakdown of the market testing plans for other Departments and agencies is as follows.
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Department Approximate value of activities to be tested £ million Approximate number of staff involved in this work Illustrative activities to be market tested Department of National Savings 11.7 477 Typing, messenger and reprographics services; Agency accounting; Internal audit; Training HMSO 17.6 542 Reprographic Units; Manchester Forms Centre; Bristol Distribution Centre Paymaster General 1.1 69 Data preparation; Internal audit; Mainframe operations; Despatch Others 1.5 — Total 82.6 2,963