§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list those companies to which his Department has awarded contracts for the supply of word processing hardware and software in each year since 1984; and what was the value of each contract.
§ Mr. MooreFor reasons of commercial confidentiality it is not possible to provide the names of companies to which such contracts have been awarded or the values of the contracts.
§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent on (a) word processing hardware and (b) word processing software in each year since 1984; and what is projected expenditure for the financial years 1987–88 and 1988–89.
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§ Mr. MooreThe Department's expenditure on word processing hardware and software, which is delivered as one piece of equipment, was:
£ 1984–85 117,162 1985–86 77,881 1986–87 14,958 Estimated expenditure in 1987–88 is £200,000. No projections have been made for 1988–89.
§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list those companies to which his Department has awarded contracts for the supply of desktop publishing hardware and software in each year since 1984; and what was the value of each contract.
§ Mr. MooreFor reasons of commercial confidentiality it is not possible to provide the information in the form and level of detail requested by the hon. Member.
The Department has purchased two desktop publishing software packages, one in 1986–87 and one in 1987–88.
§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent on (a) desktop publishing hardware and (b) desktop publishing software in each year since 1984; and what is projected expenditure for the financial years 1987–88 and 1988–89.
§ Mr. MooreThe Department has spent £5,000 on desktop publishing software (in 1986–87). No specialised hardware has been purchased. No details are available for financial years 1987–88 and 1988–89.