HC Deb 18 March 1996 vol 274 cc67-8W
Mr. Jamieson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contracts were transferred from MGC Technical Services Ltd. to(a) Ridgewood Industries Ltd., (b) Ridgewood Engineering Ltd., (c) Ridgewood Electronics Ltd. and (d) Ridgewood Holdings Ltd.; on what date they occurred; and what was the value of these contracts. [21179]

Mr. Arbuthnot

The central records of contracts held by the Ministry of Defence Procurement Executive do not show any contracts placed on the Ridgewood Engineering, Electronics or Holdings companies during the past five years. While this Department had numerous contracts with both MGC Technical Services Ltd. and Ridgewood Industries Ltd. up to 1992, MOD can trace no record of any transfer of prime contracts from MGC Technical Services Ltd. to Ridgewood Industries Ltd. Research of earlier records could be undertaken only at disproportionate cost.

Mr. Jamieson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what representations his Department received from hon. Members about the transfer of contracts from Ridgewood Industries Ltd. to Avocet Ltd.; and on what date they were received; [21178]

(2) what contracts were transferred from Ridgewood Industries Ltd. to Avocet Ltd.; on what date they occurred; and what was the value of these contracts. [21180]

Mr. Arbuthnot

The central records held by the Ministry of Defence Procurement Executive do not indicate that there has been any request to transfer any contracts from Ridgewood Industries Ltd. to Avocet Ltd. during the last five years and consequently no record of any representations has been traced. Research of earlier records could be undertaken only at disproportionate cost.

There is no record of any prime contracts between this Ministry and Avocet Ltd. in the past five years.

Mr. Jamieson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations his Department received from hon. Members about the transfer of contracts from MGC Technical Services Ltd. to(a) Ridgewood Industries Ltd. (b) Ridgewood Engineering Ltd. (c) Ridgewood Electronics Ltd. and (d) Ridgewood Holdings Ltd.; and on what date they were received. [21181]

Mr. Arbuthnot

I am not aware of any recent such representations from hon. Members. A search of records of earlier years could not be completed except at disproportionate cost.