§ Mr. CongdonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list for England and for each English local authority for the latest year for which figures are available(a) the number of contracts put out to competitive tender, (b) the number and percentage of those bids which were won by in-house teams, (c) the number and percentage of those bids won by other local authority-managed teams and (d) the number and percentage of those bids won by private companies; and what was the political control of each authority in the relevant year. [23380]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThis information is not held centrally. The Local Government Management Board publishes survey reports of its CCT information service which give information about eight areas of activity covered by the Local Government Act 1988. Copies are available in the Library of the House.