Tied Aid

Miss Lestor
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list for each of the last three years (a) the top 30 companies receiving bilateral tied aid contracts by value and (b) the top 30 companies receiving contracts as part of the aid and trade provision by value. [36591]

Mr. Hanley
The number of ATP projects agreed in each of the last three years—1993 to 1995—was five, five and seven, respectively. The companies which won ATP support business as prime contractors on those projects were as follows: ----------------------------------------------
|Company                                     |
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|1993                                        ||
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|John Brown Engineering Ltd.                 |
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|Siemens Plessey Radar Ltd.                  |
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|Humatt Engineering Ltd.                     |
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|Cossor Electronics Ltd.                     |
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|Transmark                                   |
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|1994                                        ||
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|Kvaerner Boving Ltd.                        |
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|Humatt Engineering Ltd.                     |
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|Balfour Beatty Projects and Engineering Ltd.|
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|Siemens Plessey Controls                    |
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|Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners Ltd.        |
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|1995                                        ||
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|GEC Alsthom                                 |
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|Davy British Rail International Ltd.        |
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|Rolls Royce                                 |
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|Siemens Plessey                             |
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|Serco-IAL Systems Ltd.                      |
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|Clough Smith                                |
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|Landrover Exports Ltd.                      |
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The ODA is currently compiling data on the top 30 companies receiving bilateral tied aid contracts and will provide an answer shortly.