HC Deb 13 December 1995 vol 268 cc660-1W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what steps he is taking to ensure that companies successful in bidding for contracts for support work in the Court Service will maintain the[...]ccountability of the present system. [4718]

Mr. Jonathan Evans

The question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.

Letter from Michael Huebner to Mr. Barry Sheerman, dated 13 December 1995: The Parliamentary Secretary of the Lord Chancellor's Department has asked me to reply to your Question about how private companies bidding to carry out support work for the Court Service will maintain the accountability of the present system.

Any contractor to the Court Service will be required to deliver services to the specified standard. The Court Service will retain full control of its polices and strategies.