HC Deb 29 April 1947 vol 436 cc218-9W
Mr. Bossom

asked the Minister of Education in what respects the contract that he now requires local authorities to make with Contractors so as to have their building work completed in time to meet the Government's plan to raise the school-leaving age differs from a cost plus contract.

Mr. Tomlinson

Two alternative types of contract are proposed: authorities are not required to adopt either. The first is based on a schedule of prices; the second is a fixed fee contract. The difference between these two and a cost plus contract is explained on pages 13 and 14 of the Report of the Central Council for Works and Buildings on the Placing and Management of Building Contracts published by His Majesty's Stationery Office in 1944.