HC Deb 26 June 1996 vol 280 c163W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list(a) the average value of contracts awarded by his Department, (b) the value of (i) the smallest and (ii) the largest contract awarded, (c) the number of contracts with a value of (1) £0 to £999, (2) £1,000 to £9,999, (3) £10,000 to £49,999, (4) £50,000 to £99,999, (5) £100,000 to £499,999, (6) £500,000 to £999,999 and (7) above £1,000,000 and (d) the total number of contracts awarded in 1995–96. [34143]

Mr. Arbuthnot

Although information for MOD headquarters contracts is held on a central database, those records do not include details of low-value "local purchase" contracts placed by a number of outstations or contracts placed by the defence agencies. That information could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. However, the details for the categories in the question for MOD HQ contracts are as follows:

  1. (a) £214,390
  2. (b) (i) £1
    1. (ii) approximately £2,000 million (to provide a more precise figure may infringe commercial confidentiality)
  3. (c) (1) £9,295
    • (2) £15,181
    • (3) £7,227
    • (4) £1,731
    • (5) £2,237
    • (6) £522
    • (7) £665
  4. (d) £36,858.

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