§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the total cost, including staff time, incurred in carrying out the competitive tendering process for support services for each contract tendered by the four health boards since 1990. [25999]
§ Mr. MossThe information is not available in the form requested, as not all elements of the costs can be attributed to individual contracts. However, the total cost, including staff time dedicated to market testing, incurred in carrying out the process in the four health and social services board areas is as follows:
Annual cost of carrying out the market testing process by board area Board area 1990–91 £ 1991–92 £ 1992–93 £ 1993–94 £ 1994–95 £ Northern 9,720 0 0 0 0 Southern1 31,085 0 450 10,495 60,577 Eastern2 407,158 286,441 96,169 34,246 40,432 Western 32,000 17,000 0 0 36,000 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency.
§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the annual value of contracts let to private contractors for each support service by each health board since 1990. [26001]
§ Mr. MossThe information requested is as follows:
Annual value of contracts let to private contractors by service Domestic services: Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 0 781,711 1,007,937 0 1991–92 0 1,797,822 1,089,403 596,000 1992–93 0 1,941,071 1,236,736 943,000 1993–94 0 1,969,762 1,316,141 974,000 1994–95 0 1,974,404 1,262,924 807,000 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency.
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Catering services: Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 0 370,267 0 3,136,000 1991–92 0 1,252,818 863,570 3,230,000 1992–93 0 1,449,072 983,570 3,327,000 1993–94 0 1,528,169 947,570 3,427,000 1994–95 0 1,415,045 831,570 2,788,000 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency.
Annual value of contracts let to private contractors by service Laundry and Linen services: Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 0 0 0 0 1991–92 0 0 0 0 1992–93 0 0 0 0 1993–94 0 0 22,996 0 1994–95 0 0 162,978 0 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency.
Other support services: Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1991–92 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1992–93 774,000 469,000 515,000 482,000 1993–94 980,000 469,000 537,000 482,000 1994–95 980,000 469,000 578,000 482,000 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency. n/a = This information was not collected before 1992–93.
Annual value of contracts let to private contractors by service Multi-service contracts: Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 0 0 0 0 1991–92 0 0 0 0 1992–93 0 0 0 0 1993–94 0 0 0 0 1994–95 0 0 3414,000 4637,000 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency. 3 This contract includes Domestic, Catering, Portering, Security and Telephonist Services. 4 this contract includes Domestic and Catering Services.
§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what are the full costs of redundancy and early retirement payments related to the tendering process made for each support service contract by each health board in the period since 1990. [26005]
§ Mr. MossThe information requested is given in the table and has been extracted from the tender evaluation reports on which the award of contracts was based.
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Cost of redundancy and early retirement payments since 1990 related to market testing by service and health board area Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ Domestic 0 556,663 269,293 608,400 Catering 0 133,000 132,293 0 Laundry 0 0 4,520 0 Other 0 0 0 0 Notes: 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency. Source:
Tender evaluation reports on which the Award of Contracts were based.
§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the annual sum of net savings from competitive tendering contract awards of NHS support services for each year since 1990 for each of the four health and social services boards. [26009]
§ Mr. MossThe information requested, which is net of market-testing process costs, HPSS staff and consultants; monitoring and contract management costs; redundancy and early retirement costs; avoidable overhead costs; and national insurance costs, is given in the table. The information relates to all market-testing contract awards both in-house and commercial.
Annual sum of net savings from market testing contract awards HPSS support services by board area and financial year Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 178,500 642,529 810,355 993,000 1991–92 474,000 1,414,839 2,614,283 1,681,000 1992–93 624,000 1,307,736 3,734,249 2,085,000 1993–94 703,000 1,459,265 4,028,479 2,135,000 1994–95 705,000 1,743,771 4,587,776 2,412,000 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency.
§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what have been the client side costs, including monitoring of the contract and contract management costs for each support service contract awarded since 1990 for each health board.
§ Mr. MossThe information requested is not available in the form requested as not all the elements of these costs can be allocated to individual contracts. However, the information in terms of the total costs of the monitoring and contract management of all contracts, both in-house and commercial, for the support services by board area and financial year is given in the following tables.
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Annual cost of contract monitoring and management by service and board area Domestic services: Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 16,000 19,251 70,460 0 1991–92 29,250 41,742 156,280 74,000 1992–93 60,300 42,028 192,551 70,000 1993–94 63,000 55,104 186,998 77,000 1994–95 66,600 23,735 185,389 56,000 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency.
Catering services: Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 16,000 31,367 37,540 111,000 1991–92 29,000 55,574 105,566 64,000 1992–93 60,300 55,202 172,717 64,000 1993–94 63,000 74,000 199,309 74,000 1994–95 66,600 38,368 203,684 45,000 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency.
Annual cost of contract monitoring and management by service and board area Laundry and linen service Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 0 5,542 0 17,000 1991–92 6,500 10,698 18,548 14,000 1992–93 13,400 11,198 30,742 15,000 1993–94 14,000 16,000 43,544 16,000 1994–95 14,800 6,041 50,217 16,000 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency.
Other support services Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1991–92 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1992–93 0 0 0 0 1993–94 0 0 0 0 1994–95 0 0 0 0 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency. n/a = This information was not collected before 1992–93.
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Annual value of contracts let to private contractors by service Multi-service contracts: Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 0 0 0 0 1991–92 0 0 0 0 1992–93 0 0 0 0 1993–94 0 0 0 0 1994–95 0 0 9.5103 34.0004 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency. 3 This contract includes Domestic, Catering, Portering, Security and Telephonist Services. 4 This contract includes Domestic and Catering Services.
§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the total annual expenditure on management or technical consultants engaged in the competitive tendering process by each of the health boards for each year since 1990. [26008]
§ Mr. MossThe information requested is as follows:
Annual expenditure on management/technical consultants by board area Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 9,270 0 11,500 0 1991–92 0 0 67,978 0 1992–93 0 17,987 36,586 0 1993–94 0 0 0 0 1994–95 0 14,100 3,000 0 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency.
§ Mr. SoleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what have been the net savings achieved for each support service put out to tender each year since 1990 for each health board. [26010]
§ Mr. MossThe information requested is as follows:
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Annual net savings for HPSS market testing by service and board area Domestic services: Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 3(2,000) 193,160 615,182 — 1991–92 193,160 764,153 1,467,605 525,000 1992–93 196,000 724,894 1,798,276 846,000 1993–94 232,000 803,751 1,857,050 863,000 1994–95 296,000 865,692 1,874,103 910,000 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency. 3 The figures in brackets represent in-house costs in excess of the agreed contract costs.
Catering services: Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 12,000 429,859 173,991 955,000 1991–92 73,000 632,240 959,795 1,097,000 1992–93 191,000 553,681 1,713,157 1,179,000 1993–94 192,000 569,700 1,893,564 1,210,000 1994–95 124,000 805,980 1,869,396 1,368,000 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency.
Annual net savings for HPSS market testing by service and board area Domestic services: Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 168,500 19,510 20,882 38,000 1991–92 208,000 18,446 186,583 59,000 1992–93 211,000 3(31,839) 197,516 60,000 1993–94 253,000 85,819 252,565 62,000 1994–95 259,000 72,162 557,977 64,000 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency. 3 The figures in brackets represent in-house costs in excess of the agreed contract costs.
Other support services: Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1991–92 n/a n/a n/a n/a 1992–93 26,000 61,000 25,300 — 1993–94 26,000 61,000 25,300 — 1994–95 26,000 61,000 25,300 — 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency. n/a = This information was not collected before 1992–93.
Annual net savings for HPSS market testing by service and board area Multi-service contracts: Board area Northern £ Southern1£ Eastern2£ Western £ 1990–91 — — — — 1991–92 — — — — 1992–93 — — — — 1993–94 — — — — 1994–95 — — 3261,000 470,000 1 The figures for the Southern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area. 2 The figures for the Eastern Board area include those for the HSS Trusts which are based within the area and the Central Services Agency. 3 This contract includes Domestic, Catering, Portering, Security and Telephonist Services. 4 This contract includes Domestic and Catering Services.