§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the transport projects of over £100,000 for which contracts have been signed which will require public funds in each of the next three financial years; what will be the annual cost of each of these projects for each of the next three financial years; and what percentage of proposed spending on(a) road, (b) rail, (c) air, (d) sea and (e) other transport for this period has thus been allocated. [65928]
§ Mr. Macdonald[holding answer 18 January 1999]: The information requested can be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Information on individual contracts entered into by local authorities is not held centrally.