§ Ms ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what was the total running cost to Department for the financial years 1991–92 and 1993–94 of the local government compulsory competitive tendering enforcement team. [21553]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe estimated costs of enforcing the compulsory competitive tendering provisions of the Local Government (Planning and Land Act) 1980 and the Local Government Act 1988 are £250,000 in 1991–92 and £420,000 in 1993–94.