To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer of 15 May 2006, Official Report, column 732W, on county court judgment records, what advice was (a) sought and (b) received on the commercial implications of the existing provision of services in relation to the register of judgments orders and fines of the county court. (77941)

No such advice has been sought or received. However, independent advice was sought and received in 2004 on the Department’s procurement options, the associated risks, the timing of any competition and what it must do to prepare for one.