§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many trunk road contracts costing over £1 million he hopes to let in 1982–83; how many were let in 1981–82 and 1980–81; and what was the total value of the schemes let in each year.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeSubject to the satisfactory completion of the necessary statutory procedures and the continuing availability of funds, we should be able to let 30 such trunk road contracts during 1982–83, with a total value of about £300 million at November 1979 prices.
Comparable figures for the two preceding years are:
Contracts let Total value £ million 1980–81 11 176.2 1981–82 (provisional) 39 303.0