HC Deb 22 January 1988 vol 125 cc902-3W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the contractor providing software for the Bates project has been changed since the contract was originally let in 1981.

Mr. Sainsbury

Bates as a project has always been managed on a prime contractor basis with numerous subcontracts for various elements. Marconi Command and Control Systems (MCCS) employed subcontractors on the development of the software. However, since 1985 MCCS has increasingly taken on this work itself.