Laboratory of the Government Chemist

HC Deb 02 March 1998 vol 307 cc468-9W

Mr. Gordon Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many contracts and with what value the Government have placed with the Laboratory of the Government Chemist in each year since 1992. [31047]

Mr. Straw

554 contracts with a total value of £2,534,976 have been placed by the Home Office and its agencies with the Laboratory of the Government Chemist since 1992, as follows:

Calendar	Number of contracts	Total value £
1992	58	5,295
1993	78	4,796
1994	120	5,080
1995	116	5,759
1996	92	1,507,939
1997	90	1,006,107