HC Deb 15 January 2004 vol 416 c823W
Norman Lamb

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on his Department's procurement policy with regard to offshore IT and call centre outsourcing; whether his Department is outsourcing IT and call centre jobs to offshore companies; to which countries his Department has outsourced these jobs; how much his Department has spent on this outsourcing in each of the last two years; and how much has been budgeted for this purpose for the next two years. [147580]

Mr. Hain

The Wales Office has not outsourced any jobs to offshore companies and has no plans to do so in the future.