HC Deb 07 November 1996 vol 284 cc613-4W
Ms Church

To ask the Lord President of the Council how many information technology projects at the Office of the Lord President of the Council have been undertaken since 1992 and are planned for the coming year, in cost bands of £1,000,000. [1902]

Mr. Newton

Actual and planned Privy Council Office expenditure on information technology in the years in question is as follows:

  • 1992: £8,265
  • 1993: £11,057
  • 1994: £66,703
  • 1995: £15,165
  • 1996: £25,355.

These figures comprise the purchase cost of equipments, and the costs of training and maintenance. The equipments concerned are desk-top computers and printers. No specific projects can be separately identified. Figures for the three latest years include expenditure on items for the central drug co-ordination unit.