§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 11 March,Official Report, column 1654W, on Procurement Contracts (Scotland), what the average duration of the contract terms directly placed by his Department with companies based in Scotland was in each of the last four financial years; and what the (a) 10 longest and (b) 10 shortest running contracts were; and what the total value was of (a) and (b). [170433]
§ Mr. IngramData necessary to respond fully to this question prior to financial year 2003–04 are not held centrally. However, in respect of these earlier years I am able to offer the following information based on the numbers of the new contracts previously reported
of the 724 new contracts let with companies based in Scotland during 2000–01, 205 of these contracts lasted less than one year and these 205 contracts had an average value of £9,000. 104 of the new contracts let with companies based in Scotland in 2000–01 were still running in 2003–04, and these 104 contracts had an average value of £15 million;of the 604 new contracts let with companies based in Scotland during 2001–02, 180 of these contracts lasted less than one year and these 180 contracts had an average value of £18,000. 110 of the new contracts let with companies based in Scotland in 2001–02 were still running in 2003–04, and these 110 contracts had an average value of £102 million;of the 600 new contracts let with companies based in Scotland during 2002–03, 292 of these contracts lasted less than one year and these 292 contracts had an average value of £410,000. 308 of the new contracts let with companies based in Scotland in 2002–03 were still running in 2003–04, and these 308 contracts had an average value of £20 million.
Details of new contracts let with companies based in Scotland during 2003–04
Contracts Number of new contracts 458 Total value of these new contracts £204 million Most valuable new contract let £40 million Total value of the 10 longest contracts £53 million Total value of the 10 shortest contracts £0.058 million Average duration of all new contracts let 1282 days 1 Refers to the average (mean) number of calendar days
§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2004,Official Report, column 1654W, on Procurement Contracts (Scotland), what the total projected annual cost of the procurement contracts his Department placed with companies based in Scotland in (a) 2002–03, (b) 2001–02 and (c) 2000–01 was for each of the 10 years following the placing of the contracts; what the actual total cost was of the contracts placed in (i) 2002–03, (ii) 2001–02 and (iii) 2000–01 for the years for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. [170434]
§ Mr. IngramThe information requested in respect of the total projected annual cost of procurement contracts placed by the Ministry of Defence with companies based in Scotland is not held centrally. These data could be provided only at disproportionate cost (Exemption 9 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information).
Details of total payments made against contracts placed with companies based in Scotland up until 2003–04 are as follows.
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£ million Value of payments made in: 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 Contracts let before 2000–01 480 410 290 170 Contracts let during 2000–01 50 110 70 50 Contracts let during 2001–02 — 50 150 100 Contracts let during 2002–03 — — 100 300 Contracts let during 2003–04 — — — 50 Total 520 570 610 670 Note: The figures are exclusive of VAT and have been rounded to the nearest £10 million.