§ Mr. Marplesasked the Minister for Public Building and Works 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. John SilkinThe value of contracts placed by my Department for the purchase of goods during the period 1st April, 1964 to 31st March, 1969, is given in the tables below. The percentage of contracts let annually as a result of competitive tendering is shown; it is not possible to apportion this to each industry without further investigation involving substantial staff effort.
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1. SUMMARY OF FORMAL CONTRACTS FOR THE PERIOD 1964–65 to 1968–69 (INCLUSIVE) Year Headquarters Regions (Home and Overseas) Total Value £ Value £ Value £ 1964–65 … … … … … 31,315,324 2,519,403 33,834,727 1965–66 … … … … … 35,962,719 2,719,161 38,681,880 1966–67 … … … … … 35,383,850 6,434,350 41,818,200 1967–68 … … … … … 41,489,560 5,967,740 47,457,300 1968–69 … … … … … 45,026,425 6,222,785 51,249,210 Totals … … … 189,177,878 23,863,439 213,041,317
2. VALUE OF CONTRACTS LET IN COMPETITION 1964–65 … … … … … 27,598,111 2,433,039 30,031,150 1965–66 … … … … … 30,363,139 2,296,220 32,659,359 1966–67 … … … … … 28,279,601 6,020,232 34,299,833 1967–68 … … … … … 35,736,652 5,648,276 41,384,928 1968–69 … … … … … 39,133,541 5,917,257 45,050,798 Totals … … … 161,111,044 22,315,024 183,426,068
THE ABOVE FIGURES EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL CONTRACTS Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. 1964–65 … … … … … 88 96 89 1965–66 … … … … … 84 85 84 1965–67 … … … … … 80 94 82 1967–68 … … … … … 86 95 87 1968–69 … … … … … 87 95 88
3. TOTAL VALUE OF CONTRACTS PER YEAR BY INDUSTRY (H.Q. FORMAL CONTRACTS ONLY) Order No. Industry 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 Grand Total £ £ £ £ £ £ I Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing … 381 1,389 170 12,788 13,477 28,205 II Mining and Quarrying (including Solid Fuel) … 1,428,830 1,225,820 1,322,160 992,014 1,088,043 6,056,867 III Food, Drink and Tobacco … — 15,552 1,222 — — 16,774 IV Chemicals and Allied Industries (including Liquid Fuel) … 5,070,989 5,796,853 5,784,877 8,209,993 11,499,260 36,361,972 V Metal Manufacture … 1,574,029 1,517,000 1,200,415 1,127,064 1,073,762 6,492,270 VI Engineering and Electrical Goods … 4,731,864 5,289,055 5,835,262 7,039,658 6,508,356 29,404,195 VII Shipbuilding … 745 7,614 — 390,429 7,200 405,988 VIII Motor Vehicles … 284,000 390,152 226,321 434,686 457,256 1,792,415 IX Metal Goods (including Metal Furniture) … 6,390,561 6,304,245 7,554,832 6,849,327 7,747,736 34,846,701 X Textiles … 3,866,770 5,174,291 5,789,580 5,160,041 5,835,325 25,826,007 XI Leather, Leather Goods and Fur … 51,877 38,382 49,493 2,928 70,010 212,690 XII Clothing and Footwear … 68,417 78,860 94,004 105,455 118,731 465,467 XIII Bricks, Pottery, Glass, Cement, etc. … 664,305 862,307 1,064,587 1,055,778 1,492,562 5,139,539 XIV Timber, Furniture (Wooden)etc. … 4,453,314 6,132,907 3,561,805 6,808,935 5,313,381 26,270,342 XV Paper, Printing and Publishing … 11,556 44,167 59,795 64,893 55,068 235,479 XVI Other Manufacturing Industries … 1,821,670 2,239,740 1,686,130 2,362,157 2,935,463 11,045,160 — Contracts for Work to be done (removals etc.) … 896,016 844,385 1,153,197 873,414 810,795 4,577,807 Totals per Year … 31,315,324 35,962,719 35,383,850 41,489,560 45,026,425 189,177,878