HC Deb 10 November 1967 vol 753 cc196-7W
Mr. David Howell

asked the Minister of Technology whether he will list the 27 contracts totaling £1.52 million under his

No. Firm Subject Period of Contract Total Cost £ Min. Tech. Liability £
1. I.C.T. Design automation 2 years to 9.67 … 92,000 46,000
2. I.C.T. Optical store 2¼ years to 11.67 … 73,000 36,500
3. S.T.C. Speech recognition 2 years to 10.68 … 100,000 50,000
4. B.T.R. Fluid logic 2 years to 9.67 … 52,000 26,000
5. I.C.T. Interconnected integrated ciruit modules 2 years to 12.67 … 77,000 38,500
6. I.C.T. Fluid logic 2 years to 12.67 … 65,700 32,850
7. Ferranti Bipolar transistor store 2 years to 2.68 … 31,000 15,500
8. Mullard MOST store 1½ years to 6.67 … 154,000 77,000
9. Plessey Plated wire mass store 1½ years to 9.67 … 52,000 26,000
10. Plessey High speed plated wire memory system 1 year to 6.67 … 27,500 13,750
11. Plessey Production control 1 year to 6.67 … 26,100 13,050
12. Mullard Character recognition 16 months to 8.67 … 32,000 16,000
13. I.C.T. Basic machine language 2 years to 7.68 … 106,000 53,000
14. Bedford Computer Services Ltd. Production control 2 years to 5.68 … 60,000 30,000
15. Freelance Programmers Programs for B.S. specifications 8 months to 5.67 … 1,600 800
16. Ferranti Further integration of digital computers 2 years to 6.68 … 109,000 54,500
17. Plessey High speed digital sub-systems 2 years to 6.68 … 100,000 50,000
18. Plessey Optical Character Recognition 1 year to 11.67 … 30,000 15,000
19. G.E.I.R. Software Programming Language 1 year to 10.67 … 35,000 17,500
20. I.C.T. Visual Display Software 1 year to 2.68 … 30,000 15,000
21. Elliott Multi Access 1 year to 12.67 … 57,500 28,750
22. Elliott Graphical Data Processing 1½ years to 6.68 … 58,200 29,100
23. Plessey/B.T.R. Automatic Speech Recognition 1 year to 1.68 … 24,000 12,000
24. Plessey H.S. Digital Light Beam Deflectors 14 months to 4.68 … 27,700 13,850
25. S.T.C. Magnetic Printer 1 year to 12.67 … 23,000 11,500
26. I.C.T. H.D. Magnetic Recording 1 year to 7.67 … 54,000 27,000
27. Ferranti Fast Logic Gate 1 year to 31.5.68 … 27,500 13,750
Total … 1,525,800 762,900