§ 58. Sir John Hallasked the Minister for the Civil Service what was the sterling value of orders placed for computers under one Atlas power by the Government in the years ended 31st March 1973, 1974 and 1975; and what percentages of those orders were placed with foreign manufacturers.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisIn the years ended 31st March 1973, 1974 and 1975 the values of orders placed for new computers of less than one Atlas power for central Government were £6 million, £5.7 million and £7.2 million respectively. In the two later years 61 per cent. and 62 per cent. respectively of the total orders were placed with companies understood to be owned and controlled from outside the United Kingdom, but some of this equipment would have been manufactured in Britain. I regret that for the first year specified the information is not readily available and could be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.