Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Minister of Transport if she will give a general direction to British Railways that their workshops should quote fixed prices in tendering for carriage building contracts from British Railways.
§ Mr. John MorrisNo
Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Minister of Transport what was the total sum paid by British Railways to the British Railways workshops for carriage building work in each of the years 1966, 1965 and 1964; and what was the total of the original estimated costs tendered by the workshops for these contracts.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe information requested in the first part of the Question is:
£ 1966 … … 7,604,000 1965 … … 6,600,000 1964 … … 2,226,000 As to the second part, the original estimated costs approximate very closely to the actual costs both in each year and in total.