§ Sir W. Bromley-Davenportasked the Minister of Transport if he will give particulars of the 12 firms which have received, in aggregate, the greatest value of road building contracts placed by his Department in the past three years, and the total value of the contracts received by each.
§ Mr. MarshDuring the three years ended 31st March, 1969, contracts over £100,000 from trunk roads and motorways were awarded as follows:
Name of Main Contractor Aggregate value of contracts (Tender Sums) £ million 1. Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son Ltd. and Leonard Fairclough Ltd. (in consortium)* 45.5 2. A. Monk & Co. Ltd 30.6 3. W. & C. French (Construction) Ltd 29.5 4. Christiani-Shand† 24.7 5. Costain Civil Engineering Ltd. 22.6 6. Dowsett Engineering Construction Ltd 22.0 7. John Laing Construction Ltd 20.3 8. Sir Lindsay Parkinson & Co. Ltd 19.2 9. Tarmac Civil Engineering Ltd. 12.7 10. George Wimpey & Co. Ltd. and Kier Ltd. (in consortium)‡ 11.9 11. Marples Ridgway Ltd. 10.5 12. A. E. Fair Ltd. 9.4 * These firms have received other contracts individually: viz.
£ million Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son Ltd. 11.1 Leonard Fairclough Ltd. 1.4 Leonard Fairclough Ltd. In consortium with Ameys Asphalt Co. Ltd 2.0 † A consortium of Christiani & Nielsen Ltd. and Lehane MacKenzie & Shand Ltd. Christiani & Nielsen Ltd. has received one other contract valued at 0.2 ‡ These firms have received other contracts individually: viz. George Wimpey & Co. Ltd. 3.5 Kier Ltd 0.6