§ Sir A. Bossomasked the Secretary of State for Air how much his Department has spent in connection with building and civil engineering work during the last five years under competitive tenders; and how much was paid to specially selected contractors without competition.
Mr. WardDuring the past five years, we have paid contractors about £207 million for work of this kind. Contracts for which we did not invite competitive tenders accounted for about £.8million.