Contracts (Northern Development Area)

HC Deb 29 April 1968 vol 763 c124W

Mr. Willey

asked the Postmaster General what was the total value of contracts placed by his Department with major plant suppliers with factories in the Northern Development Area in 1967; and how this compares with the corresponding figures for 1964, 1965, and 1966.

Mr. Mason

All the main firms but one which manufacture exchange equipment and telephone apparatus have factories in the Northern Development Area. The value of orders placed with these firms was:

				£ million
1964–65	…	…	…	46.3
1965–66	…	…	…	73.0
1966–67	…	…	…	68.0

I am sorry that the figure for 1967–68 is not yet available.