HC Deb 19 March 1996 vol 274 c148W
Mr. Miller

To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list all cases since 1987 where his Department has bought computer capacity from(a) other Departments and (b) the private sector, giving the value of each contract and the name of the private sector contractors. [19450]

Mr. Boswell

Since 1987, the Ministry has not bought in any computer capacity from other Government Departments but has let one outsourcing contract to the private sector company Data Sciences. The value of the contract with Data Sciences is estimated to be £1.5 million.