To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which functions of his Department have been privatised or outsourced since May 2005. (127447)

Since May 2005 the Department has outsourced the following functions:

The processing of winter fuel payments;

The pension credit application line;

Clerical case management for some Child Support Agency cases;

Support for Child Support Agency debt collection.

In addition since 2005 the Department has re-let a number of deals for services that had originally been outsourced before 2005. These were:

Office services—contract awarded September 2006.

Medical services—contract awarded September 2005.

None of these outsourced services are delivered outside the United Kingdom.