§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the cost of work associated with the market testing and preparation of the in-house bid for the booking service of the Driving Standards Agency.
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§ Mr. KeyResponsibility for the subject of the question has been delegated to the Driving Standards Agency under its chief executive, Dr. John Ford. I have asked him to arrange for a reply to be given.
Reply from S. J. Ford to Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody, dated 12 May 1994:
The Secretary of State for Transport has asked me to reply to your question about the costs of work associated with the market testing and preparation of the in-house bid for the booking service of the Driving Standards Agency.Expenditure up to the end of March 1994 has been £30,000 of which £20,000 was for consultancy support for the DSA market testing unit and the remainder for the salary costs of that unit. Expenditure on consultancy support for the preparation of the in-house bid will be included in the figures for the current financial year.