Goods and Services

HC Deb 20 May 1996 vol 278 c27W

Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how much his Department paid to the private sector for goods and services in 1995–96. [29452]

Mr. Burt

The information is not available in the format requested.

The Department's total expenditure on goods and services in 1994–95, the most recent year for which figures are available, was £1.47 billion¹.

Notes:

¹ Includes spend with both the private and public sectors—that is, Royal Mail, Post Office Counters etc, our records do not differentiate.

² Figures for 1995–96 are not yet available.