Government Orders (Priority Suppliers)

HC Deb 28 July 1959 vol 610 c58W

Mr. Malcolm MacMillan

asked the Minister of Labour what was the value of orders placed direct by Government Departments with priority suppliers during the last financial year, compared with the financial year 1954–55.

Mr. Wood

In the financial year 1958–59, the value of orders placed by Government Departments with priority suppliers (excluding the prisons) was £1,501,471. The corresponding figure for 1954–55 was £2,298,174.