§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement concerning progress with privatisation of the royal ordnance factories.
§ Mr. ButlerIt remains the Government's policy to achieve privatisation of Royal Ordnance plc as soon as commercially practicable. However, no decision has yet
Numbers and values of headquarters contracts and amendments Type of contract/amendment 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 Number Value £ million Number Value £ million Number Value £ million 1. Contracts priced by Competition 9,059 1,065 9,402 1,439 9,504 1,890 2. Contracts priced otherwise by reference to market forces (See note below) 36,462 639 55,326 1,065 53,051 1,403 3. Contracts priced on estimates at outset or as soon as possible thereafter 11,382 1,839 11,409 3,049 10,239 3,145 4. Contracts priced on actual costs with incentives to minimise costs 504 76 695 145 746 859 5. Contracts priced on actual costs plus a percentage fee 8,770 987 8,884 1,132 8,554 1,283 6. Total contracts and amendments placed 66,177 4,606 85,716 6,830 82,094 8,580 Note: Line 2 includes some contracts placed using informal competitive tendering procedures.