HC Deb 13 May 1964 vol 695 cc60-1W
57 and 58. Mr. Jeger

asked the Minister of Transport (1) whether the conditions attached to the competition for a design for the new Calder Bridge, near Wakefield, included a stipulation that no prize need be awarded in the event of no suitable design being submitted;

(2) what payments of prize money have been made in respect of designs for the new Calder Bridge, near Wakefield.

Mr. Galbraith

As my right hon. Friend told the hon. Member on 15th January, a prize of £5,000 was to be awarded to the design placed first by the judges. Further prizes up to a total of £3,000 could be awarded at their discretion. In the event two designs shared the major prize and two supplementary prizes of £1,000 each were awarded, making a total award of £7,000. There was no stipulation that no prize needed to be awarded. This is common practice in this kind of competition.