§ Mr. ThorntonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what percentage of contracts awarded by the Property Services Agency for each of the last three years were carried out by private building contractors; and what were their total values for each year.
§ Mr. ChopeAll new construction work for the Property Services Agency is undertaken by private sector contractors. In the last three years, the proportion of maintenance work undertaken by the private sector has remained steady, at about 85 per cent.
287WThe aggregate value of all of this work, at cash prices, was:
£ million 1986–87 1,794 1987–88 1,827 1988–89 1,978