§ Mrs. Anne CampbellTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will detail the estimated cost of market testing by each Department in the current financial year; and what was the actual cost to each Department at current prices in the financial year 1992–93.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe 1992–93 "Competing for Quality" programme ran from April 1992 to September 1993. The 1993–94 programme runs from October 1993 to September 1994. It is not possible, from centrally held information, to detail the cost of market testing by Department for the current and 1992–93 financial years.
The cost of market testing by Department for the 1992–93 "Competing for Quality" programme will be published in the citizens charter second report.
§ Mrs. Anne CampbellTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which government Departments, non-departmental public bodies and next steps agencies are undergoing market testing at present; and which are planned to undergo market testing in the near future.
§ Mr. WaldegraveI refer the hon. Member to the "Citizen's Charter First Report"; the supporting material to my announcement of 4 November 1993 to the House of CommonsOfficial Report, columns 526–37, on the "Competing for Quality" programme; and the "Market Testing Bulletin", all of which have been placed in the House of Commons Library.