§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which programmes and projects of his Department are planned for market testing; and if he will make a statement in respect of progress in each element of the programme, together with the number of current jobs involved and their location.
§ Mr. BaldryThe FCO's "Competing for Quality" programme, which reviews the scope for abolition and contracting out as well as market testing, for 1994–95 is as follows:
Function Number of staff Security Guards—Hanslope Park 47 Queen's Messengers 32 Administration of Calculation of Salaries/
Pensions 11 Overseas Security Officers 34 Reviews of all these activities are under way. All posts are located in London or Hanslope Park, except the overseas security officers who serve at a number of different overseas posts.
In addition, a market test of reprographics, delayed from the 1993–94 programme is under-way involving 32 staff.