HC Deb 21 April 1994 vol 241 cc658-61W
Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will list the 20 contractors who have received the largest share of motorway and trunk road contracts in each of the last two years giving, for each contractor, the value of the contracts received;

(2) if he will list for each of the last two years to date major construction contracts awarded by his Department worth over £250,000 at current prices indicating, in each case, which construction company was awarded the contract; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Key

Since 1 April, responsibility for managing, maintaining and improving the national road network in England now lies with the Highways Agency. As the information requested by the hon. Member relates to operational matters of the Highways Agency, I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from Laurie Haynes to Ms Joan Walley, dated 21 April 1994: You put down 2 Parliamentary Questions for answer by the Secretary of State concerning major construction contracts awarded during the last 2 years. As the information you asked for concerns operational matters for which the Highways Agency is now responsible, as promised by the Minister, Robert Key, I am replying to your Questions. You asked firstly about major construction contracts awarded during the last 2 years and which companies had won them. Annex A attached gives the information you asked for in relation to contracts valued in excess of £1 million. Your second question concerned the 20 contractors who had won the largest share of motorway and trunk road contracts. Annex B attached gives this information in relation to contracts worth in excess of £1 million. The Agency does not currently keep central records of contracts below £1 million and this information cannot be Provided without incurring disproportionate cost.

Annex A
New construction and motorway widening contracts awarded between 1 April 1992 and March 1993
£
Balfour Beatty
M4/M5 Second Severn Crossing 65,119,651
M6 Preston Junctions 30-32 37,458,956
Tarmac Construction
M25 Junctions 15-16 24,446,155
M3 Bar End—Compton 25,405,525
M6 Junctions 20-21A 52,512,897
Alfred Mc Alpine/AMEC in joint venture A46 Leicester Western Bypass 35,981,698
Taylor Woodrow A27 Brighton Bypass Contract 4 19,526,438
John Mowlem A564 Foston/Hatton/Hilton Bypass 19,367,370
Fitzpatrick Contractors A23 Pease Pottage to Handcross Bridge 8,160,560
Amey Construction A650 Park Road, Bingley 4,054,039
Crown House Engineering A20 Folkestone—Courtwood (M & E) 3,858,042
May Gurney All Thetford to Bridgham Heath 2,223,422
Charles Gregory A42 Construction of 32 Laybys 1,239,028
TOTAL VALUE OF ALL CONTRACTS AWARDED 374,326,327
New construction and motorway widening contracts awarded between 1 April 1993 and March 1994
£
Tarmac Construction
A30-A39 Indian Queen junction between Bodmin and Redruth 12,695,070
M65 Blackburn southern bypass 65,861,695
Balfour Beatty A13 Thames avenue—Wennington 71,273,666
Amec Civil Engineering A13 West of Heathway (A1240), south east of Wennington 11,785,847
A249 between Bobbing and north of Iwade, Kent 35,721,035
A406 Silver street—Hall lane, Angel road 19,785,316
Amey Construction
A27 Patching between Worthing and Arundel 6,402,673
A4-A46 Batheaston—Swainswick bypass 44,953,293
A65 Burley in Wharfedale bypass 5,547,467
£
Alfred McAlpine/Amec Civil Engineering in joint venture
A1 Walshford—Dishforth 53,795,508
Wimpey Construction A31 Ringwood and St. Ives (Ashley heath) 6,696,391
A417 Brockworth bypass 35,142,101
M5 junction 18, Avonmouth 7,926,340
Edmund Nuttall A406 North circular road, east of Falloden way 27,013,720
A406 Silver street—Hall lane, Lea Valley 21,761,735
John Laing M25 between junction (Merstham) and junction 8 (Reigate) 45,979,928
Alfred McAlpine Construction All Wymondham southern bypass 16,940,943
A435 Norton Lenchwick bypass 19,226,966
John Mowlem M25 widening junctions 10 and 11 35,097,353
Birse Construction A50 Blythe bridge 23,072,304
M62 improvement junction 14-17 10,223,164
Norwest Holst A12 Hackney Wick to Redbridge Flyover 31,558,185
May Gurney and Co. A17 Leadenham bypass improvement 3,322,890
A17 Wigtoft-Sutterton 4,402,863
A17 Walpole-Tilney bypass 23,455,738
Christiani and Nielson—Kier in joint venture A50 Blythe bridge—contract 1B 28,414,397
Costain Building and Civil Engineering M66 Denton—Middleton 19,237,248
Roadworks (1952) All Stump Cross and Four Wentways 18,149,454
Tilbury Douglas A45 Stonebridge D and B 8,447,149
Kier Construction A66 east of Brough to Palliard 7,636,582
Matthew Hall Mechanical and Electrical A27 Kingston—Hangleton, Southwick hill tunnel 4,561,802
Shephard Hill M1 junction 1. Barnet viaduct slip roads 4,235,912
Total VALUE of All CONTRACTS AWARDED 739,919,909
Annex B
Motorway and Trunk road contracts in excess of £1 million top twenty contractors —1 April 1992 to 31 March 1993
£
Balfour Beatty 118,915,055
Tarmac Construction 114,069,649
Tarmac Quarry Products 59,623,689
Amey Construction 53,897,813
Birse Construction 50,139,207
Alfred McAlpine Construction 37,775,581
A. McAlpine/AMEC 35,981,698
Edmund Nuttall 35,818,406
John Mowlem 24,452,021
Associated Asphalt 24,221,730
Fitzpatrick 20,041,476
Taylor Woodrow 19,526,438
£
Tilcon Ltd. 13,369,582
Costan B & CE 8,885,621
A. F. Budge 8,223,235
Galliford (UK) 7,480,336
ARC Ltd. 7,077,074
Thos Ward 5,410,751
Eden Construction 5,176,851
Colas Construction 4,976,294
TOTAL OF ALL CONTRACTS AWARDED 701,950,191
Motorway and trunk road contracts in excess of fl million Top twenty contractors
1 April 1993 to 31 March 1994
Tarmac Construction 112,592,231
Balfour Beatty 73,690,960
Amec Civil Engineering 71,491,041
Amey Construction 61,924,277
John Laing 54,536,714
A. McAlpine/AMEC 53,795,508
Edmund Nuttall 50,023,149
Wimpey Construction 49,764,741
John Mowlem 45,636,804
Birse Construction 41,973,189
Alfred McAlpine 36,167,909
May Gurney 33,789,967
Norwest Hoist 32,492,061
Costain B & CE 32,059,989
Christiani/Kier 28.414,397
Tarmac Quarry Products 26,943,630
Roadworks (1952) 19,247,959
ARC Ltd. 18,888,667
Galliford (UK) 15,612,134
Tilbury Douglas 15,570,088
TOTAL OF ALL CONTRACTS AWARDED 1,003,548,351