asked the Secretary of State for Energy when the CEGB last placed an order for turbine generator equipment for a new power station on employment preservation grounds.
INCE B was advanced as the result of a Government decision in 1971.
asked the Secretary of State for Energy whether it is the normal practice of the Central Electricity Generating Board, when ordering a power station in which the turbine-generators are a replica of those in an earlier station, to place such an order by single or competitive tender.
I am asking the Chairman of the CEGB to write to the hon. Member.
asked the Secretary of State for Energy how many of the Central Electricity Generating Board's orders for turbine-generators for new power stations since 1964 have been placed by single tender.
I am advised by the CEGB that since 1964 orders for turbo-generators at the following CEGB power stations have been placed by single tender:
| Station | Date | ||
| Pembroke | … | … | 1964 |
| Didcot | … | … | 1964 |
| Hinkley Point B | … | … | 1967 |
| Heysham | … | … | 1972 |
| Ince B | … | … | 1972 |