§ Mr. Richard Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the total value of public works contracts obtained by Great Britain in other European Economic Community nations since Great Britain joined the Community; and what is the total value of British public works contracts obtained by European Economic Community nations in Great Britain during the same period of time.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThis information is collected periodically and relates only to works contracts which exceed the value at which such contracts must be advertised in the supplement to the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Information on the award of contracts by other member States to United Kingdom firms is so far available only for the year 1973. This showed that one contract to a value of 4.3 million French francs was awarded by France to a United Kingdom contractor. Information for 1978 should be available shortly.
In 1973 and 1978 only one United Kingdom contract, advertised in 1978 at a value of £23.639 million, was awarded to a contractor of another member State.