§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give particulars of the 12 firms which have received in aggregate the greatest value of road building contracts placed by his Department in the past three years, and the total value of the contracts received by each.
§ Mr. William RossDuring the three years ending on 31st December 1975, contracts over £50,000 for trunk roads including motorways were awarded as follows:
Total (£m.) 1. Whatlings Ltd. 20.6 2. Tarmack Construction Ltd. and Subsidiaries 10.1 3. Cleveland Bridge and Engineering Co. Ltd. 8.0 4. Leonard Fairclough Ltd. and Subsidiaries 6.6 5. W. & C. French (Construction) Ltd. 6.3 6. Tractor Shovels (Contracts) Ltd. 4.4 7. William Tawse Ltd. 4.1 8. Shellabear Pryce (Scotland) Ltd. 2.3 9. John G. McGregor Ltd. 2.0* 10. Miller Construction Northern Ltd. 1.3 11. Wight Construction Ltd. 1.1 12. Reid and Mallik Ltd. 1.0 * This figure includes contracts valued at £1.7 million which were awarded to Watson and McGregor (Contractors) Ltd. who are now incorporated with John G. McGregor Ltd.