Headquarter Contracts

HC Deb 13 July 1989 vol 156 cc592-3W

Mr. Nellist

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list in theOfficial Report the total amounts paid by his Department in respect of headquarter contracts to United Kingdom-based contractors in each of the six years up to 31 March.

Mr. Sainsbury

[holding answer 6 July 1989]: Total payments made in respect of headquarters contracts to United Kingdom-based contractors in each of the six years to 31 March 1989 were as follows:

	£million
1983–84	6,212
1984–85	6,879
1985–86	7,260

	£ million
1986–87	7,501
1987–88	8,316
1988–89	8,041