§ Mr. Tilleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of persons arrested and proceeded against for being suspected of frequenting a public place with intent to commit an arrestable offence by Metropolitan Police division and ethnic appearance for the second and third quarters of the current year.
§ Mr. Brittan[pursuant to his reply, 22 October 1979, Vol 972, c. 5–6]: The information is as follows:
by his Department in 1978–79 was by means of selective tender, open tender and single tender, respectively.
§ Mr. WhitelawFor the supply of goods and services the proportions by value 251W were (a) selective tendering, 91.7 per cent.; (b) open tendering, nil; (c) single tendering, 8.3 per cent. For construction contracts the proportions were (a) 98.6 per cent.; (b) nil; (c) 1.4 per cent.