To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list those Government establishments which are currently examining putting out to tender the security functions where those functions are currently undertaken by Civil Service staff;(2) if he will list all the Government establishments where the security functions are undertaken by outside contractors, and the names of those contractors.

[holding answer 29 April 1988]: This information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost, since records of the security arrangements in Government establishments are not held centrally.