HC Deb 27 February 1996 vol 272 cc449-50W
21. Mr. Evennett

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what plans he has to extend compulsory competitive tendering; and if he will make a statement. [15507]

Sir Paul Beresford

In 1994 and 1995, Parliament approved orders under the Local Government Act 1988 which added legal, construction and property, financial, personnel and information technology services to the compulsory competitive tendering regime. CCT for these services is being introduced under a implementation timetable which begins in 1996 and continues to 2000.

Our priority, a present, is the successful implementation of CCT for the existing range of CCT activities and we currently have no proposals to add to the list of activities.