§ Mr. SteenTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many appeals mechanisms, as laid out in section 6 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, she expects to establish by the end of 1996; how many staff each appeals system will employ; and what their estimated annual running costs will be. [23617]
§ Mr. ForthI refer my hon. Friend to the reply given today by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.