§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out the total cost of external consultancy fees incurred by his Department in market testing.
§ Mr. FreemanThe total cost of external consultancy fees incurred by the MOD in support of competing for quality activities during the period April 1992 to June 1994 is £3.5 million. Full details of costs incurred up to September 1994 are not yet available.
§ Mr. FatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list(a) all of his Department's activities which have been contractorised or market tested, (b) the date of contractorisation and market testing and (c) the overall costs.
§ Mr. FreemanDetails of individual contracts remain commercial-in-confidence. However, in the 30-month period since the onset of the competing for quality programme to September 1994, some 82 support activities worth of the order of £600 million were examined, embracing in excess of 13,500 posts. It is anticipated that this exercise will result in gross savings of approximately £104 million.