HC Deb 04 December 1996 vol 286 c654W
Mr. Radice

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many public contracts have been awarded to British suppliers by purchasers in other EU member states between 1993 and 1996; [6414]

(2) what was the value in sterling of the total public contracts awarded to British companies from purchasers in other EU member states between 1993 and 1996. [6415]

Mrs. Angela Knight

[holding answer 3 December 1996]Such information is not available. The Green Paper on public procurement in the European Union, adopted by the European Commission on 27 November, suggest that, for EU member states as a whole, the share of cross-border business for public contracts for goods and services has risen from about 5 per cent. in 1987 to 10 per cent. in 1995.

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