§ Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the total value of contracts awarded by local authorities in England and Wales to their own direct labour organisations for work contracted for the latest 12-month period for which figures are available; and what percentage increase or decrease on the previous year's figures these figures represent.
§ Mr. Stanley [pursuant to his reply, 17 February 1982, c. 168]Statistics are not available on the value of contracts awarded by local authorities to their own direct labour organisations. The values of work done are as follows:
those research projects sponsored by his Department at each university institution in the United Kingdom specifying the exact nature of each project.
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§ Mr. Heseltine [pursuant to his reply, 22 February 1982]Information in this form cannot be supplied except at disproportionate cost. In 1980–81, the latest year for which figures are available, total contracts in universities and polytechnics awarded by my Department amounted to £2.34 million out of a total extramural expenditure of £26.14 million.