HC Deb 22 May 1996 vol 278 c236W
Ms Glenda Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list (i) all contracts awarded by his Department to(a) Eurorail Ltd. and (b) Eurorail CTRL Ltd. (ii) the date those contracts were awarded, (iii) the length of those contracts, (iv) the purpose of those contracts and (v) the total value of those contracts. [30339]

Mr. Watts

My Department has not entered into any contracts with either of these firms.

Ms Jackson

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list (i) all contracts awarded by Union Railways to(a) Eurorail Ltd. and (b) Eurorail CTRL Ltd. (ii) the date those contracts were awarded, (iii) the length of those contracts, (iv) the purpose of those contracts and (v) the total value of those contracts. [30342]

Mr. Watts

Union Railways has not let any contracts to these firms since it was formed as a separate company from the BR Board, but it did take over two contracts with Eurorail Ltd. from the British Railways Board rail link project group in connection with the channel tunnel rail link project. These are(a) for the provision of personnel on secondment, awarded in December 1990 and (b) for the provision of engineering design services, awarded in April 1992. Both contracts are still in force as at 21 May 1996. The commercial terms and value of the contracts are commercially confidential.