§ Mr. Roy Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for the years 1980, 1981 and 1982 the number of kilometres of (a) trunk motorways, (b) other trunk roads, (c) local authority motorways, (d) other principal roads and (e) other roads in Scotland.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe following is the information:
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Kilometres as at 1 April 1980 1981 1982 Trunk motorways* 209 212 212 Other trunk roads 2,923 2,925 2,909
Kilometres as at 1 April 1980 1981 1982 Local authority motorways* 22 22 24 Other principal roads 7,314 7,517 7,565 Other roads 38,892 39,247 38,986 * excluding slip roads.
§ Mr. Muddasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the 10 contractors who have received the largest share of motorway and trunk road construction contracts in the past three years, giving for each contractor the total value of contracts received.
§ Mr. Allan StewartDuring the three years ended 28 February 1983, 83 contracts each costing over £100,000 were awarded to 40 contractors. The 10 contractors who received the largest total shares of these contracts were as follows:
£ million 1. Balfour Beatty Ltd. 14.1 2. Tarmac Construction Ltd. 12.1 3. Fairclough Civil Engineering Ltd. 10.0 4. R. J. McLeod 6.8 5. French Kier Construction Ltd. 6.3 6. William Tawse Ltd. 5.1 7. Tractor Shovels (Contracts) Ltd. 5.0 8. Morrison Construction Ltd. 3.9 9. Norwest Holst Ltd. 3.8 10. John G. McGregor 3.2