HC Deb 26 October 1998 vol 318 c10W
Mr. Waterson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is the total compensation paid, or agreed to be paid, to date to contractors in respect of the Polegate Bypass scheme. [55828]

Ms Glenda Jackson

The overall levels of compensation are still being discussed with the companies who submitted tenders for the cancelled Weald and Downland DBFO Project, which included the Polegate Bypass. Interim on-account payments totalling £2.5m have been made.