HC Deb 17 April 1989 vol 151 c19W
Mr. Henderson

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy how many vehicles and at what value were purchased by(a) his Department, (b) British Coal, (c) the electricity industry and (d) other public sector agencies for which he is responsible, in 1988; and how many of these vehicles were British-made within the definition of British as set out by the Department of Trade and Industry in its arrangement on content with the European Community.

Mr. Parkinson

The answers are:

  1. (a) None.
  2. (b) and (c) Purchases by British Coal, the electricity industry and the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority are matters for the industries themselves. I have asked the respective chairmen to write to the hon. Member.
  3. (d) The Oil and Pipelines Agency, for which I was then responsible, bought one vehicle; it was non-British and cost £13,277.