HC Deb 21 March 1968 vol 761 cc149-50W
Mr. Gwynfor Evans

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the 10 per cent. which is the proportion not purchased or hired in England of all goods and services purchased and hired by the Government is distributed between the other countries of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Diamond

Of contracts placed by the Government, about 6 per cent. by value are let in Scotland, about 2 per cent. by value in Wales, and about 1 per cent by value in Northern Ireland.