§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his Department has spent on (a) computer hardware and (b) computer software for each year since 1984; and what is the projected expenditure for 1987.
§ Mr. Tom KingThe information is as follows:
Hardware £ Software £ 1985–86 3,671,225 1,259,133 1986–87 9,322,374 1,122,550 1987–881 1 The total projected expenditure is approximately £14 million.
§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to which firms his Department has awarded contracts for computer hardware for each year since 1984; and what was the value of each contract.
§ Mr. Tom KingThe companies listed have been awarded contracts totalling in aggregate more than £10,000. For reasons of commercial confidentiality the value of each is not disclosed.
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1983–86 Digital Equipment Co. Ltd. Advec Ltd. Equinox AES Hewlett-Packard Ltd Apricot UK Ltd. IBM Ltd Aston Technology ICL (UK) Ltd BIC Systems Ltd. Logicom Business and Scientific McDonnell Douglas Services Ltd Information Systems Chevron Computing Ltd. Limited Comart Ltd PC Consultants Datatech Plessey
Rank, Xerox Hewlett-Packard Ltd. Sperry Rand IBM Ltd. Sysscan ICL (UK) Ltd. Wang Logicom Wordplex (UK) Ltd. McDonnell Douglas Information Systems 1986–87 Limited Advec Mexisystems AES Olivetti Apricot UK Ltd PC Consultants BIC Systems Ltd Rank Xerox BMDS Richardsons CEM Ltd Sysscan Chivron Computing Ltd Wang Comart Ltd. Wordplex (UK) Ltd. Digital Equipment Co. Ltd.