§ Mr. Coombsasked the Prime Minister if she will list those companies to which her office 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.
§ The Prime MinisterA contract for word processors for my office was awarded in 1984 to International Computers Limited in the order of £35,000. No other contracts have been awarded.
Other information technology systems which provide word processing facilities but which were intended primarily for other tasks, were purchased in 1984 and 1987 from ICL and Software Sciences Ltd.
§ Mr. Coombsasked the Prime Minister how much her office 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.
§ The Prime MinisterThe following table represents the past and projected expenditure on word processing hardware and software for my office for the years 1984 to 1988–89. Figures are given to the nearest £1,000.
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Year Hardware Software £ 1984 35,000 Nil 1985 Nil Nil 1986 Nil Nil 1987–88 Nil Nil 1988–89 Nil Nil
§ Mr. Coombsasked the Prime Minister if she will list those companies to which her office has awarded contracts for the supply of desk top publishing hardware and software in each year since 1984; and what was the value of each contract.
§ The Prime MinisterMy office has not awarded any contracts for desk top publishing hardware or software.
§ Mr. Coombsasked the Prime Minister how much her office has spent on (a) desk top publishing hardware and (b) desk top publishing software in each year since 1984; and what is projected expenditure for the financial years 1987–88 and 1988–89.
§ The Prime MinisterMy office has not incurred any expenditure on desk top publishing hardware or software since 1984. There is no specific provision to acquire such systems in the financial years 1987–88 or 1988–89.