Written question asked by Gerald Kaufman (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 31 January 1995. It was answered by Lord Heseltine (Conservative) on Tuesday, 31 January 1995 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

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Dept of Trade and Industry;National Engineering Laboratory;Radiocommunications Agency;National Weights and Measures Laboratory;Insolvency Service;Government Chemist;National Physical Laboratory;Patent Office;Accounts Services Agency;Companies House

Question

If he will set out for each of the Next Steps agencies in his Department, whether they have acquired their own headquarters buildings and, if so, at what purchase cost or annual rental; how many support staff they have required which were not required when their operations were within his Department; how many of them published periodical journals and at what annual cost; how many have fleets of executive cars or single executive cars and at what annual cost; how many have specially designed logos and at what cost; how many have corporate clothing and at what cost; and what is the cost of specially designed and printed corporate stationery. - Includes figures and text of letter from W Edgar dated 31 January 1995.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

253 c603-8W

Session

1994-95

Subjects

Costs Central government Executive agencies Buildings Civil service Clothing Department of Trade and Industry Expenditure Government departments Publications Staff Stationery Official cars

Contains statistics

Yes