§ Mr. Guy Barnettasked the Minister of Transport if, further to the reply to the hon. Member for Greenwich on Monday 18 February, he will publish in the Official Report details of the 68 contracts for trunk road construction work estimated to cost £100,000 or more, of which he holds records centrally, which were let in 1979, together with the names of the 27 contractors, indicating in each 319W contract the name of the contractor concerned.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI regret that the figure of 68 contracts in my answer of 18 February included a number of contracts
CONTRACTS OF £500,000 OR MORE Agent Authority Contract Contractor County Councils Bedfordshire A6 Silsoe By-pass Percy Bilton Ltd. Cornwall A39 Hale Farm-Binhamy Reed & Mallick Ltd. Cumbria A66 Appleby By-pass Tarmac Construction Ltd. Hampshire A34 Whitchurch-Litchfield Second Carriageway. Reed & Mallick Ltd. Norfolk A47 Swaffham By-pass Reed & Mallick Ltd. Surrey A30 Billet Bridge to Avondale Road, Staines. Percy Bilton Ltd. A3 Dualling Ellstead Road Junction Associated Asphalt Ltd. Greater London Council M25-A111 (South Mimms)-A10 (Enfield) Sir Alfred McAlpine & Son Ltd. CONTRACTS LESS THAN £500,000 County Councils Bedfordshire A6 Clapham Road Improvement Cut Throat Lane. Reed & Mallick Ltd. Cornwall A39 Brighter Junction Improvement A. Monk &Co. Ltd. A39 Penlean Treskinnick Cross Diversion Tilbury Construction Ltd. Cumbria A65 Improvement at Tithe Barn Cumbria Construction Ltd. A65 Improvement East of Plough Inn Eden Construction Ltd. A590 Improvement Haverthwaite-Roam Bridge. Border Engineering Contractors Ltd. A595 High Bridge Petton-Cross Lanes Improvement. Cumbria Construction Ltd. Dorset A35 London Inn-Miles Cross Bridport Devon Contractors Ltd. Hampshire A3 Horndean-Clanfield Improvement McGregor (Paving) Ltd. Hereford and Worcester A49 Improvement Callow Hill to South of A466. Sheldon Contracting Co. Ltd. Kent A2 Starhill Intersection Fitzpatrick & Nicholls Ltd. A259 Prospect Road, Hythe Walker Bros. (Civil Engineering) Ltd. Lancashire A65 Improvement at Hipping Hall Leek Eden Construction Ltd. Lincolnshire A16 Improvement at Stickney Railway Bridge. Clugston Construction Ltd. Merseyside A5036 Dunnings Bridge to Copy Lane Improvement. Norwest Hoist Civil Engineering Ltd. Northamptonshire A43 Overstone Grange Bends Galliford & Sons Ltd. A43 Hardwick Turn to Hannington Cross A. C. Lloyd, Builders (Civil Engineering) Ltd. Northumberland A69 Whitechapel Improvement Gleeson Civil Engineering Ltd. North Yorkshire A1079 Bend Improvement at Kexby Dowsett Engineering Construction Ltd. A19 Thirkleby Hall to Moor Lane Improvement. Dowsett Engineering Construction Ltd. Oxfordshire A41 Thame Turn Improvement Walcon Construction Ltd. Warwickshire A423 Cuttle Bridge Realignment Galliford & Sons Ltd. A41 Realignment at B4451 Junction Galliford & Sons Ltd. London Boroughs Barking A13 Slip Road at Chequers Lane, Dagenham. Gabriel (Contractors) Ltd. Enfield A10 Bullsmoor Lane Junction Improvement. Fitzpatrick & Nicholls Ltd.