§ Mr. Dalyellasked the Minister of State for Defence why he has cancelled the Haig and Trenchard computer projects.
§ Mr. Ian GilmourThese projects in their original form were judged too complex and expensive, but we are studying modified schemes for exploiting computers to assist operational planning.
Total Satellites and debris Balloons Celestial objects Meteorological and natural phenomena Aircraft Miscellaneous 1967 … … 362 57 42 26 19 150 22 1968 … … 280 65 10 36 3 114 30 1969 … … 228 37 9 27 19 101 17 1970 … … 181 9 8 31 16 97 5 1971 … … 379 28 11 33 62 160 27 1972 … … 201 7 28 17 2 128 5 In the remaining cases insufficient information was provided for the likely cause to be ascertained. I do not think there is any aspect of this subject which merits a statement at present.