§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those companies that 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. RidleyFor 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 the Environment how much his Department has spent on (a) 197W 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.
§ Mr. RidleyThe Department's expenditure on word processing hardware and software, which is delivered as one piece of equipment, was:
Year £ 1984–85 180,274 1985–86 243,862 1986–87 664,452 Estimated expenditure in 1987–88 is £500,000. No projections have been made for 1988–89.
§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list those companies that 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. RidleyFor reasons of commercial confidentiality it is not possible to provide the information in the form and level of detail requested by my hon. Friend.
The Department purchased one desktop publishing software package in 1986–87.
§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how much his Department has spent on (a) desktop publishing hardware and (b) desktop publishing software in each year since 1984; and what is the projected expenditure for the financial years 1987–88 and 1988–89.
§ Mr. RidleyThe Department has spent £2,000 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.