§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Swindon (Mr. Coombs) of 24 April,Official Report, column 369, what interim payments had already been paid (a) to Balfour Beatty with respect to the Cardiff bay barrage construction contract and (b) to contractors carrying out the sewer diversion contract connected with the barrage. [21680]
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§ Mr. RedwoodInterim payments of £16.9 million have been paid to Balfour Beatty-Costain for barrage construction and £0.3 million has been paid for sewer diversion works.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Swindon (Mr. Coombs) on 24 April 1995,Official Report, column
£ million To: 31 March 1994 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 Future Totals Totals 22.3 22.3 44.4 48.1 36.6 17.3 191.0
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Swindon (Mr. Coombs) of 24 April,Official Report, column 369, if he will list what categories of cost escalation apply to (a) the main contract with Balfour Beatty for the construction of the Cardiff bay barrage and (b) contracts for sewer diversion being funded by the Cardiff Bay development corporation; and if he will make a statement on how these categories have affected the difference between the October 1992 estimate and the present outturn forecast. [21681]
§ Mr. RedwoodThis is an operational matter for the corporation and I will ask the chief executive of the corporation to respond.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Swindon (Mr. Coombs) of 24 April,Official Report, column 369, if he will specify how much of the £15.4 million for preliminary design work and the presentation of Bills to Parliament was (a) for preliminary design work and (b) for presentation of Bills to Parliament. [21683]
§ Mr. RedwoodOf the £15.4 million preliminary design and barrage Bill costs, £9.30 million was for preliminary design work and £6,066 million was for presentation of Bills to Parliament.
§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Swindon (Mr. Coombs) 24 April,Official Report, column 369, if he will specify what proportion of the construction of the barrage had been completed by 31 March. [21682]
§ Mr. RedwoodBy 31 March 1995, the corporation estimate the construction of the barrage to be 8 per cent. complete. This does not represent the actual cost spent on barrage construction to date, which includes enabling works such as piling and dredging as well as construction materials already bought in.