§ Mr. EasthamTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if departmental grants towards the costs of the Manchester metro Salford Quays-Eccles extension are conditional on the best and final lowest tender price being secured for this contract. [9842]
§ Mr. WattsNo. Bidding for the contract to build the Manchester metrolink extension to Salford Quays and Eccles has been conducted under rules prescribed by the
£ thousands 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 Trinity House 42 30 34 32 88 Northern Lighthouse Board 271 216 43 13 59 London Regional Passengers' Committee1 — — — 18 2 The Traffic Director for London 40 120 2,050 3,250 3,700 1The Department only assumed responsibility for the London Regional Passengers' Committee in April 1994. The Department's other non-departmental public bodies—the rail users' consultative committees and the Disabled Persons' Transport Advisory Committee—did not incur expenditure on external consultants in the last five years.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the actions his Department has taken on each of the recommendations contained in the Cabinet Office report, "The Government's Use of External Consultants". [10181]
§ Mr. BowisThe actions taken by the Department of Transport in response to the multi-departmental scrutiny on the Government's use of external consultants are listed in the Department's implementation report, which was submitted to the Cabinet Office in April 1996. Copies of the implementation report have been placed in the House Library.