§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many firms involved in the manufacturing of computers or the production of computer software are located in each of the main regions of the United Kingdom; and if he has information about the numbers located (a) in major urban areas and (b) in small towns or rural areas.
§ Mr. ButcherInformation in the form requested is not held centrally by the Department of Industry. My hon. Friend may find the Computer Users' Yearbook (published by Computing Publications Ltd.) a useful source of the names and addresses of hardward manufacturers and software houses in the United Kingdom.
If there is any specific point on which I can be of help to my hon. Friend, I would be pleased to do so if he were to write to me.