§ Mr. ChidgeyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish a summary of the financial findings from the study his Department conducted in 1988 into the proposed privatisation of police car maintenance units.
§ Mr. MacleanNo such study has ever been undertaken by the Home Office. The Audit Commission published a study in May 1989, however, entitled "Improving Vehicle Fleet Management in the Police Service"—police papers number 3—which made a number of recommendations aimed at reducing the repair and maintenance costs of police vehicles. It did not consider the question of privatisation.