§ Mr. Charles Morrisonasked the Minister of Technology if he will publish in HANSARD his latest estimates of all automatic data processing installations and computers, using the classification shown in Appendix 4 of Ministry of Labour Manpower Studies No. 4.
§ Mr. CousinsFrom the beginning of 1964 to the end of 1965 there have been deliveries of 395 installations, comprising
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF A.D.P. INSTALLATIONS AND COMPUTERS DELIVERED DURING 1964 AND 1965 Area, based on Economic Planning Regions Number of Installations Great Britain Number of Computers Large Medium Small Total South East (including London) … 4 109 78 191 201 South West … 1 9 11 21 23 West Midlands … 1 27 11 39 39 East Midlands … — 12 8 20 22 East Anglia … 2 1 — 3 3 Yorkshire and Humberside … — 12 8 20 21 North-West … — 38 18 56 60 Northern … — 8 5 13 15 Wales and Monmouth … — 3 2 5 6 Scotland … — 15 12 27 28 TOTALS … 8 234 153 395 418
FORECAST DELIVERIES DURING THE FIRST HALF OF 1966 Area, based on Economic Planning Regions Number of Installations Great Britain Number of Computers Large Medium Small Total South East (including London) — 27 10 37 42 South West … — 3 1 4 4 West Midlands … — 2 2 4 4 East Midlands … — 1 — 1 1 East Anglia … — — 2 2 2 Yorkshire and Humberside … — 2 3 5 5 North-West … — 6 2 8 9 Northern … — 4 1 5 6 Wales and Monmouth … — 3 2 5 5 Scotland … — 1 1 2 2 TOTALS … — 49 24 73 80