§ Mr. HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for Wailes how many vehicles and at what value were purchased by(a) his Department, (b) the Welsh Development Agency and (c) other public sector agencies for which he is responsible, in 1988; and how many of these vehicles were British-made within the definition of British as set out by the Department of Trade and Industry in its arrangement on content with the European Community.
§ Mr. Peter Walker[holding answer 17 April 19891: The information is as follows:
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- (a) Three; £20,703. These vehicles were United Kingdom produced on the definition employed by the Department of Trade and Industry for statistical purposes, under which a vehicle is classified as United Kingdom produced if the United Kingdom content exceeds 50 per cent. of the ex-works value.
- (b) None.
- (c) The purchase of vehicles by public sector agencies is a matter for those agencies and information is not held centrally. However, the following limited information is available; the definition of United Kingdom produced vehicles given under (a) applies:
Agency Number and origin Value £ Development Board for Rural Wales One United Kingdom 19,835 Land authority for Wales One non United Kingdom 16,000 Area Health Authorities Not known 1,546,302 Welsh Health Common Services Authority Family Practitioner Services One United Kingdom 7,000 Sports Council for Wales 119 129,323 1 These vehicles manufactured by a multi-national company could be United Kingdom or EC produced. This could be determined only by individual inspection of the vehicles.