§ Mr. McAvoyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the 10 contractors who have received the largest share of motorway and trunk road construction contracts in Scotland in the last three years, giving for each contractor the total value of the contracts received.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe names of the 10 contractors and the totals of the values of the contracts awarded to them over the three years from December 1988 to November 1991 are as follows:
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£ million Balfour Beatty 161.3 Shanks McEwan (Contractors) Ltd 46.0 Tarmac Construction Scotland 224.5 Morrison Construction Ltd 20.7 Nuttall-Levack Consortium 13.2 R. J. McLeod (Contractors) Ltd 13.0 W. J. Barr & Sons (Scotland) Ltd 11.9 Tractor Shovels Tawse Ltd 7.4 Miller Construction Ltd 7.0 Harbour & General Works Ltd 6.4 1Includes £27.5 million as the full contract sum for the M8 St. James' Interchange—jointly funded with Strathclyde Regional Council. 2This £24.5 million full contract sum was for the M80 Stepps Bypass—jointly funded with Strathclyde Regional Council.
Mr. McAcvoyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will show total expenditure by all Scottish local highway authorities from 1980–81 to 1991–92 on(a) new construction and improvement, (b) structural maintenance and (c) current maintenance.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested, as far as it is available, is set out in the table. Expenditure by Scottish local authorities on structural road maintenance is not recorded separately but is included within new construction and improvement.
£ million New construction and improvement (incl structural maintenance) Current maintenance 1980–81 77 120 1981–82 99 130 1982–83 110 141 1983–84 112 149 1984–85 106 127 1985–86 128 129 1986–87 125 133 1987–88 114 139 1988–89 116 152 1989–90 143 172 1990–91 144 n/a 1991–92 n/a n/a