§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has as to the total amount spent in respect of Scottish local authorities on the acquisition of goods and services, expressed in terms of the net contract prices; and how many individual contracts comprised that volume of purchasing for each of the last five years for which figures are available, giving both the overall totals for each Scottish local authority and the totals disaggregated into the following categories: (a) capital and revenue expenditure, (b) construction and non-construction projects, (c) goods and services purchased from United Kingdom-based companies and non-United Kingdom-based companies and (d) goods and services purchased from the private sector and from other parts of the public sector.
§ Mr. AncramThis information is not available centrally.
§ Mr. Strawasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what information he has in respect of the Scottish Transport Group, the South of Scotland electricity board and the North of Scotland hydro-electric board as to the total amount spent on the acquisition of goods and services, expressed in terms of the net contract prices; and how many individual contracts comprised that volume of purchasing for each of the last five years for which figures are available, giving both the overall totals in each case and the totals disaggregated into the following categories: (a) capital and revenue expenditure, (b) construction and non-construction projects, (c) goods and services purchased from United Kingdom-based companies and non-United Kingdom-based companies and (d) goods and services purchased from the private sector and from other parts of the public sector.
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§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information is not held centrally.