HC Deb 19 January 2004 vol 416 c997W
Norman Lamb

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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. [147579]

Mrs. McGuire

The Scotland Office has not outsourced any of its IT functions to offshore companies and has no plans to do so.

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