§ Mr. Blenkinsopasked the Minister of Technology whether he will publish figures for the deliveries, imports and exports of computers for the second and third quarters of 1967, and for subsequent quarters.
§ Dr. BrayBecause of the nature of the industry, the figures vary greatly from quarter to quarter and cannot, therefore be taken as an indication of the trend. It had, therefore, been the intention to
DELIVERIES OF ELECTRONIC COMPUTERS INCLUDING FACTORED GOODS 1967 £000 U.K. Manufactured 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter Home Export Home Export Digital Computing Systems* 8,323 4,831 12,918 6,921 (195) (195) (231) (167) Analogue and Hybrid Computers† 226 58 182 57 (32) (6) (42) (8) Industrial Electronic Control Equipment 810 130 538 74 Data Transmission Equipment 411 160 333 171 Peripheral Equipment for computing systems 3,138 3,460 4,023 2,792 Repair and Maintenance of Customer's equipment 1,576 343 2,306 251 Computer R & D on Customer account (a) Hardware 86 — 136 — (b) Software 11 — 29 — TOTAL OUTPUT 14,581 8,982 20,465 10,266 Goods sold to other U.K. manufacturers further processing 1,026 — 1,570 —
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1967 £000 Factored 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter Home Export Home Export Digital Computing Systems* 5,801 246 8,717 320 (135) (5) (122) (6) Analogue and Hybrid Computers† 37 — — — (1) Industrial Electronic Control Equipment 15 — — — Data Transmission Equipment 224 — 68 — Peripheral Equipment for computing systems 699 192 754 21 Repair and Maintenance of Customer's equipment — — — — Computer R & D on Customer account (a) Hardware — — — — (b) Software — — — — TOTAL OUTPUT 6,776 438 9,539 341 Goods sold to other U.K. manufacturers for further processing 863 — 703 — publish only annual and not quarterly figures. Nevertheless, because of the considerable public interest in these figures they will be published quarterly in the future. The figures for the fourth quarter 1967 will be published about the end of March, and subsequently for each quarter with a similar delay, which is governed by the time taken by firms to respond to the Ministry's inquiries.
The figures for the second and third quarters 1967 are:
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1967 £000 Total 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter Home Export Home Export Digital Computing Systems* 14,124 5,077 21,635 7,241 (330) (200) (353) (173) Analogue and Hybrid Computers† 263 58 182 57 (33) (6) (42) (8) Industrial Electronic Control Equipment 825 130 538 74 Data Transmission Equipment 635 160 401 171 Peripheral Equipment for computing systems 3,837 3,652 4,777 2,813 Repair and Maintenance of Customer's equipment 1,576 343 2,306 251 Computer R & D on Customer account (a) Hardware 86 — 136 — (b) Software 11 — 29 — TOTAL OUTPUT 21,357 9,420 30,004 10,607 Goods sold to other U.K. manufacturers for further processing 1,889 — 2,273 — * Figures in brackets show the number of complete systems sold. † Figures in brackets show the number of computers sold. The Overseas Trade Accounts for the second and third quarters of 1967 show that imports, exports and re-exports of computing systems, central processors and peripheral equipment for computers were:
(£m.) Imports Exports Re-exports Systems etc. 2nd quarter … … 10.8 5.8 0.6 3rd quarter … … 9.3 4.2 0.3
(£m.) Imports Exports Re-exports Computer parts 2nd quarter … … 4.2 4.4 0.3 3rd quarter … … 3.9 2.5 0.3