§ Mr. StrawTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated internal cost of each market testing exercise within his Department since 1991.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythUp to 30 September 1994, the estimated internal costs of conducting the market tests in the non-prisons programmes and the resulting estimated annual savings in delivery of these services were as follows:
Market test Cost £ Annual savings £ Statistics data collection 236,009 182,962 Central training services 126,720 245,355 Central typing services 99,749 1,186,125 Reprographic and design and illustration services 140,086 1,016,444 Departmental computer services 1,196,881 4,785,333 Immigration and nationality department security guards 107,940 304,973 Internal audit 163,735 245,355 Record storage and retrieval 105,251 186,442 Immigration and nationality department typing services 102,619 n/a n/a = Information not yet available Information on individual Prison Service market tests is not available, but the overall estimated internal cost of managing the Prison Service "Competing for Quality" programme, which includes strategic contracting out, from April 1992 to September 1994 was £3,134,000. The estimated annual savings are £15,062,854.
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