§ Mr. Beggsasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Northern Ireland Housing Executive contracts were awarded after (a) open tendering and (b) select list procedure in each of the last three financial years.
§ Mr. Chris PattenThis is a matter for the chairman of the Housing Executive, who has advised me that no building contracts were let after open tendering. The numbers of contracts let to firms selected for tendering from the approved list of contractors were as follows:
Number 1982–83 1,032 1983–84 1,025 1984–85 1,399