HC Deb 18 January 1994 vol 235 cc557-8W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will list by location, for each of his Department's properties in the Doncaster area, the annual fuel heating bills by year for the last four years.

Mr. Burt

Information is not available in the form requested. Such information as is available is in the table.

Annual fuel bills for DSS offices in Doncaster
Year Amount £
Doncaster District Office 1990–91 19,515.17
(Castle House) 1991–92 20,464.16
1992–93 18,812.07
Doncaster Branch Office 1990–91 15,940.80
(St. Peters House) 1991–92 15,274.41
1992–93 16,811.42
Doncaster Medical 1990–91 178.66
Examination Centre 1991–92 202.87
1992–93 200.12
Doncaster Medical 1990–91 1,506.37
Adjudication Centre 1991–92 1,694.74
1992–93 2,084.30
Thorne Caller Office This is a building jointly occupied and as the Department is the minor occupier no figures are available.

Notes:

1. Prior to April 1991, fuel and utility charges for the Government estate were met by the Property Services Agency and details are, therefore, not held by this Department.

2. Fuel bills include a range of energy use, such as hot water, lighting and air conditioning and it is therefore not possible to identify the heating element of each bill.

Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will publish for each service that has been market tested in his Department in 1993(a) the cost of the testing process, including consultancy costs, (b) the result of the test, (c) the name of the successful contractor, (d) the value and duration of the contract, (e) the number of staff involved, (f) estimated annual cost reductions and (g) whether the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 1981 were deemed to apply.

Mr. Scott

This Department is currently analysing the outcome of the 1992–1993 "Competing for Quality" programme with the efficiency unit in the Cabinet Office. Much of the information requested in the question will, once it has been finalised, be published in aggregate form in the "Citizen's Charter Second Report". On an individual contract basis, much of the information is commercially confidential.