To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will seek a value for money report from the National Audit Office on the guarantees given by the Property Services Agency to the Crown Suppliers of continued work following privatisation.

[holding answer 12 March 1990]: Where Departments are considering entering into commercial agreements with the Crown Suppliers, or any other supplier, whether or not they contain undertakings about future business levels for a period, it is for Departments to satisfy themselves that they provide value for money, and for the National Audit Office to decide whether to investigate.