White Paper Could Fuel Growth In Commercial Outdoor Sector

12th July 2011

The recently unveiled Public Services White Paper on Open Public Services could see more Outdoor Centres being run by commercial operators. Under the proposed changes every public service except for national security, frontline policing and the judiciary will be opened up to providers from the private and voluntary sector. The White Paper floats proposals to enshrine in law "a general right to choose" in areas like education, health, social care and housing, with new powers for the ombudsman services to act as an "enforcer of choice in public services".

With a recent BBC report claiming that 95% of local authority Outdoor Centres are facing spending cuts this development could see more local councils asking commercial operators to take over the day to day operation of their centres.

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