§ Mr. Marplesasked the Minister of Technology what is the total annual value of contracts placed by his Department from 1964 until the latest year for which figures are available in total and by industry order; and what percentage was placed as a result of competitive tendering in each year.
§ Mr. BennThe net total annual value of production contracts placed by industry order for 1967–68 and 1968–69 is detailed below. No statistics are available for earlier years broken down into industry order.
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S.I.C. Order Number Value Competition £ Per cent IV 1,220,000 7 V 1,229,497 8 VI 273,965 24 VII 8,231,731 12 VIII 7,301,519 15 IX 95,883,707 16 X 113,275 33 XI 161,277,747 — XII 531,701 30 XIX 9,983,522 32 Not allocated 1,257,812 17 Totals 287,304,476 8
S.I.C. Order Number Value Competition £ Per cent IV 890,000 12 V 890,295 12 VI 346,528 20 VII 9,995,139 12 VIII 6,601,030 18 IX 73,935,840 18 X 231,212 57 XI 170,201,749 — XII 565,870 17 XIX 5,611,274 13 Not allocated 1,861,823 16 Totals 271,130,760 7 While the division between S.I.C. Order Numbers is correct for the major groups, estimates have had to be made for some of the smaller groups, statistics for which are not kept separately by the Department.