§ Mr. Albuasked the Minister of Transport if he will give particulars of the 10 firms which have received, in aggregate, the greatest value of road building contracts placed by his Department in the last five years, and the total value of the contracts received by each.
§ Mr. MarplesOn the basis of contracts over £100,000 for trunk roads and motorways the figures are as follows:
Name of Main Contractor Total Value of Contracts Received (Tender Sums) £ million 1. Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son Ltd. and Leonard Fairclough Ltd. (in consortium) (a) 25.3 2. John Laing Construction Ltd 23.6 3. A. Monk & Co. Ltd. 20.0 4. George Wimpey & Co. Ltd. 16.1 5. Tarmac Civil Engineering Ltd. 14.5 6. Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co. Ltd. 11.8 7. Sir Robert McAlpine & Sons Ltd. 11.2 8. Higgs & Hill Ltd. and Richard Costain Civil Engineering Ltd. (in consortium) (a) 10.5 9. Dowsett Engineering & Construction Ltd. 7.6 10. Associated Bridge Builders Ltd. (b) 6.1 (a) Some of the parties to these consortia have received other contracts individually. (b) A consortium of Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd., The Cleveland Bridge & Engineering Co. Ltd. and Dorman Long (Bridge and Engineering) Ltd. who received the contract for the supply and erection of the superstructure of the Severn Bridge.