§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the original estimate of the cost of the Songea-Makambako road, Tanzania.
§ Mr. RaisonThe original estimate of the cost of upgrading the Songea-Makambako road to all-weather258W standard was the equivalent of £41.8 million, of which Her Majesty's Government agreed in October 1978 to provide £39 million.
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what tendering procedure was used for the second phase of the Songea-Makambako road, Tanzania.
§ Mr. RaisonFollowing satisfactory performance on the first phase of the project, the same contractor was offered a negotiated supplementary contract for work overlapping that in the first phase. The tender was examined both by the British consulting engineers supervising the project and by a firm of specialist estimators before the contract was awarded.
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what has been the total cost so far of the two phases of the Songea-Makambako road., Tanzania.
§ Mr. RaisonOf the £84 million capital aid that ODA has approved for the Songea-Makambako road, £47.14 million was spent on phase I and £33.35 million has so far been spent on phase II. A further £5.6 million has been approved for associated technical co-operation, including consultancies. Most of this has been spent.