§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment if she will list all those services or functions that have been contracted out from her Department since November 1991 without market testing an in-house bid against external competition, with, in each instance, the successful contractor and the reasons for the decision to exclude an in-house bid.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe Department has always used contracting out as the most effective way of providing certain services, for example, where there is no suitable in-house provision available. In such cases, there is
All persons with second job as employee or self-employed, by sex, whether full/part-time, etc.: Great Britain Thousands 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 All with 2nd job as employee1 Males Full-time2 184 206 202 195 223 227 248 244 208 Part-time 27 26 26 24 37 32 31 41 36 Females Full-time 82 107 103 120 138 150 176 156 154 Part-time 151 178 193 223 253 283 254 278 264 Self-employed1 in main job Males 24 26 27 24 36 38 37 48 42 Females 17 24 24 27 31 31 26 25 27 All with 2nd job as self-employed Males Full-time2 137 146 159 148 168 182 196 184 163 Part-time 24 18 19 22 21 23 24 24 24 Females Full-time 27 35 35 39 46 56 53 57 39 Part-time 59 61 72 61 70 84 74 69 61 Self-employed in main job Males 54 53 59 60 72 70 75 73 60 Females 20 24 18 18 24 32 28 25 17 1 Excludes those who did not state their status or no answer to second job. 2 Excludes those who did not state whether full/part-time in second job. Source: Labour Force Survey (not seasonally adjusted) spring each year.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many(a) men and (b) women had a second job working from home in each year since 1980.
§ Mr. McLoughlinInformation from the spring, March to May, 1992 labour force survey shows that there were 139,000 men and 121,000 women, not seasonally adjusted, who were working from home in a second job. No comparable information is available for earlier years.
454Wnormally no scope for an in-house bid. Details of such contracts are not kept centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.
To date, the Department has not completed a market test without an in-house bid, nor are any anticipated.