§ Mr. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the number and total value of contracts over the past 10 years with the following companies, stating the nature of goods or services supplied: Sperry Univac Ltd, British Manufacturing and Research Co. Ltd., and Huntington Engineering Ltd.
§ Mr. PattieI regret that it would require a disproportionate amount of time and effort to provide the details asked for of numbers and values of contracts placed over the past 10 years with these companies.
Figures for the last four years of the total headquarters payments made in respect of direct Ministry of Defence contracts are more readily available, and the average of these are as follows: 194W
Average Annual Payments £ million Sperry Rand Ltd. (separate details are not available for Sperry Univac) 34.0 British Manufacture and Research Co. Ltd. 1.5 Hunting Engineering Ltd. 50.7 The companies provide service and equipment in the navigation, guidance, communication and control; ammunition and components; and armament and weapons system fields respectively.