§ Mr. Marplesasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total annual value of contracts placed by his Department from 1964 until the latest year for which figures are available, in total and by industry order; and what percentage of the total, and of each industry order, was placed as a result of competitive tendering in each year.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThe estimated values of contracts placed in recent years, excluding building contracts and small contracts placed by out-stations, together with the values of those let as a result of competition expressed as proportions of the total figures, are as follows:
525WStatistics showing the breakdown of values to Standard Industrial Classification are available only for 1967–68 and 1968–69. They do not show, for individual categories, the proportion of contracts let as a result of competitive tendering, and this information could not be obtained without further research. Details in accordance with the 1958 S.I.C. Order numbers are:
S.I.C. (1958 EDITION) Value (£000) Order Number 1967–68 1968–69 I 12 17 II — — III 1,160 1,134 IV 124 191 V 38 79 VI 2,133 3,610 VII 12 — VIII 4 22 IX 154 136 X 1,116 733 XI 68 55 XII 190 379 XIII 1 8 XIV 12 5 XV 7 14 XVI 84 118 XVII — — XVIII — 1 XIX 24 7 XX 1,433 1,681 XXI — — XXII 1 2 XXIII — 32 Totals 6,573 8,224