(1) (a) What number of lease agreements has his department concluded during the period 2008-11 (i) through a competitive bidding process and (ii) outside a competitive bidding process and (b) on which provisions of the Public Finance Management Act, Act 1 of 1999, were relied in concluding the specified agree-ments outside the competitive bidding process; (2) whether his department has developed a new policy with regard to concluding lease agreements; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, (a) when was it (i) developed and (ii) implemented and (b) what are the further relevant details?