HC Deb 11 March 2004 vol 418 c1656W
Angus Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many procurement contracts were placed by his Department with companies based in Scotland in financial year(a) 2002–03, (b) 2001–02 and (c)2000–01; what the (i) most expensive and (ii) least expensive contracts were; and what the total value of contracts was. [159245]

Mr. Ingram

Details of procurement contracts directly placed by the Department with companies based in Scotland in each of the financial years requested is detailed in the following table:

Financial Year
2000–01 2001–02 2002–03
Number of new contracts let 724 604 600
Total value of these contracts £250 million £1.2 billion £850 million
Most valuable new contract let £59 million £395 million £418 million

It is not possible to provide meaningful data on the least valuable contracts let in each of these years because certain types of MOD contract are set up with a nominal value (normally £1) under which goods or services are then 'called-off' and paid for during the contract term.

Angus Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many research contracts were placed by his Department with research institutions based in Scotland in fiscal year(a) 2002–03, (b) 2001–02 and (c) 2000–01; what the total value of these contracts was; and what the total value of research contracts placed within the UK was. [159246]

Mr. Ingram

The information requested is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost (Exemption 9 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information).