§ Ms HodgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education, for each piece of work subject to a bidding process under the auspices of(a) her Department and (b) agencies for which her Department is responsible (i) where work was contracted out, who were the successful bidders and (ii) which contracts were won by in-house bidders in (1) 1993–94, (2) 1994–95, and (3) 1995–96.
§ Mr. BoswellThe information requested, resulting from market tests, is as follows:
Market Test Year Name of Contractor (i) Successful bidders for work contracted out Provision of data preparation services 1994–95 Compower Ltd. Provision of banking services to the Teachers Pensions Agency 1995–96 Midland Bank Development and management of a computerised register of Schools 1995–96 The Schools Register (ii) Work won by in-house bidders Provision of telephone network management 1993–94 — Development of small IT systems 1993–94 — Provision of central support services (London) 1993–94 — Provision of central support services (Darlington) 1994–95 — All of the tests were under the auspices of the Department, apart from provision of banking services to the Teachers Pensions Agency.
§ Ms HodgeTo ask the Secretary of State for Education what work has been contracted out(a) by her Department and (b) by agencies for which her Department is responsible in (i) 1993–94, (ii) 1994–95 and (iii) projected for 1995–96.
§ Mr. BoswellInformation on work which has been contracted out during the years in questions is as follows:
Description of work Year (a) Department Provision of data preparation services 1994–95 Development and management of a computerised register of schools 1995–96 (b) Agencies Provision of internal audit services to the Teacher Training Agency (TTA) 1994–95 Provision of banking services to the Teachers Pensions Agency 1995–96 There is no projection for future work to be contracted out in 1995–96, and no work was contracted out in 1993–94.