§ Baroness Hamweeasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many authorities which will become best value authorities upon the enactment of the Local Government Bill 1999 are due to re-let contracts 161WA under the current compulsory competitive tendering regime prior to (a) 2 January 2000; (b) 1 July 1999; and (c) 30 September 1999; and [HL1960]
In the case of each authority due to re-let contracts upon the enactment of the Local Government Bill 1999 in each of (a) 2 January; and (b) 1 July 1999; and (c) 30 September 1999, how many contracts are to be re-let. [HL1961]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (Lord Whitty)This information is not held centrally. The number of authorities due to re-let contracts for defined activities under CCT prior to these dates is largely determined by the length of existing contract periods. Expiry dates, and therefore re-letting dates, are highly variable. For the same reasons, and because there may be more than one contract for a defined activity, it is not possible to determine the number of contracts involved.