§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many competitive tendering exercises carried out by his Department in each of the last two years were caught by the provisions of the public services directive but were not subsequently advertised in theOfficial Journal of the European Union in compliance with the relevant regulations. [19226]
§ Miss WiddecombeIn each of the last two years there have been no recorded cases in any of the constituent parts of the Employment Department group of non-compliance with EC Council directive 92/50/EEC regulating the award of public services contracts.