HC Deb 23 November 1993 vol 233 c42W
Mr. Stephen

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the size of his Department's market-testing programme; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Aitken

We intend to market test, in the four years to March 1996, activities currently costing £1.2 billion each year to undertake in-house and employing over 40,000 people.