HC Deb 17 February 1992 vol 204 cc14-6W
Mr. Tom Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which 10 companies have been the leading indirect beneficiaries of spending within the aid trade provision since its inception in 1978; and what percentage of total aid and trade provision—ATP—spending each has attracted.

Mrs. Chalker

The ATP commitments since 1978 total £1,374 million. The 10 largest aggregate commitments by lead contractor were as follows:

Percentage of total commitments
Balfour Beatty 21.7
GEC 8.1
Davy 6.3
Biwater 4.5
AMEC International 4.3
Snamprogetti UK 3.4
NEI 3.3
JBE 3.2
Phillips Radio Communication Systems 2.5
Marconi 2.0

Project £ million
Balfour Beatty
Cameroon NW Electrification 1.795
Malawi Power Transmission 2.590
China Yueyang Transmission Line 3.072
Malaysia Pergau Hydro-electric 234.000
Burma Bridge Project 0.090
Colombia Bridges 0.301
Colombia Bridges Extension 0.152
Indonesia Bukit Asam Railway Bridges 0.152
Indonesia Mrica Hydro Project 12.075
Jordan HV Transmission Line 3.611
Malaysia Shungei Ahning Dam 2.344
Paraguay Power Transmission Scheme 1.350
Paraguay Power Transmission Scheme 2.870
Peru Mini Hydro Project 4.852
Philippines Wood Burning Power Station 1.967
Philippines Dendro Power Station Adviser 0.040
Sri Lanka Samanalawewa Hydro Project 16.570
Thailand Mini Hydros Pilot Plant 2.500
China Beijing Subway 7.070
Tunisia Railway Equipment 0.500
Total 297.901

Project £million
Marconi
Indonesia Shortwave Transmitters 25.911

Project £million
Phillips Radio Communications Systems
Indonesia Forestry Communications 34.111

Project £ million
John Brown Engineering
Burma Gas Turbines Project 3.201
Burma Gas Turbines Project 2.213
Kenya Kipevu Power Station 1.959
Vietnam Haiphong Power Station 2.888
Panama Gas Turbines Power Station 6.727
China Chongquing Power Station 6.500
Morocco Gas Turbines 7.276
Philippines Gas Turbines 13.125
Total 43.889

Project £ million
NEI
Malaysia Sandakan Power Station 0.929
Botswana Moruple Power Station Turbines 4.418
Malaysia Connaught Bridge 23.485
Cyprus Dhekelia B Power Station 0.366
India Super Thermal Power Plant 17034
Total 46.232

Project £ million
Snamprogetti
China Dushanzi Ethylene Project 47.179

Project £ million
Amec International Construction
Turkey natural gas conversion 58.700

Project £ million
Biwater
Malaysia rural water supply scheme 59.460
Sri Lanka hill country water 2.129
TOTAL 61.589

Project £ million
Davy
Egypt brake block foundry 0.884
Mexico Sicartsa steel works 34.943
China Bohai I 8.802
Morocco Nador roll mill 13.505
China Danyang aluminium plant 3.532
Indonesia Cigading/Serpong railway rehabilitation 24.690
TOTAL 86.356

Project £ million
GEC
China Yueyang power station 51.414
China Yueyang power station training 3.864

Project £ million
Turkey circuit breakers 0.940
Indonesia scattered diesels 5.891
Yueyang additional training 0.450
Bangladesh combined cycle gas power station 4.680
Bolivia mineral concentrator project 0.027
Egypt electrical switchgear 2.000
India Balco power station 33.066
Malawi telecommunications 0.052
Malawi telecommunications 0.026
Malaysia viewdata project 0.851
Zimbabwe railway electrification 8.068
TOTAL 111.329

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