To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department has taken to promote the uptake of collaborative procurement strategies within police forces in England, as recommended in HM Treasury’s May 2009 review, “Operational Efficiency Programme: collaborative procurement”. (279712)

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling) by my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary on 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 39W.