§ Mr. A. Lewisasked the Minister of Transport whether he will publish in HANSARD a detailed list of the contracts awarded by his Department for each calendar year from 1951 to date, similar details where the firms acted in consortium with other firms, the total amounts of moneys actually paid and due for payment to these firms; and how these figures compare with those for the period 1945 to 1951.
§ Mr. MarplesThe whole of this information could not be made available without a disproportionate expenditure of time and labour. The total expenditure for the years 1945–46 to 1963–64 on new construction and major improvements of trunk roads, the greater part of which represents payments to contractors, was as follows:
Great Britain £000's 1945–46 … … … 145 1946–47 … … … 429 1947–48 … … … 1,138 1948–49 … … … 1,597 1949–50 … … … 2,282 1950–51 … … … 2,232 1951–52 … … … 1,905 1952–53 … … … 1,859 1953–54 … … … 1,763 1954–55 … … … 2,015 1955–56 … … … 3,653
England and Wales £000's 1956–57 … … … 6,512 1957–58 … … … 12,656 1958–59 … … … 30,485 1959–60 … … … 38,831 1960–61 … … … 39,644 1961–62 … … … 48,255 1962–63 … … … 60,051 1963–64 … … … 77,001