§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Minister for the Civil Service how much Central Government spent in 1973–74, 1974–75 and 1975–76 on computer equipment including peripherals; what part of this expenditure was equipment which constituted or formed part of computer systems larger than Atlas; and what part of the latter figure relates to acquisitions from ICL, NCR, Honeywell, Burroughs, IBM and Univac, respectively.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisExpenditure on procurement of computer equipment for central Government in the past three years has been as follows:
1973–74 Outturn £'000 1974–75 Outturn £'000 1975–76 Provisional Outturn £'000 Purchase of computer equipment 18,633 18,594 25,352 Hire of computer equipment 2,459 2,775 4,548 The figures exclude VAT. The figures cover acquisition of all types of computer equipment including terminals and data preparation equipment. A breakdown of these figures in the manner requested by the hon. Member could not be provided without disproportionate expense.
§ Mr. Gordon Wilsonasked the Minister for the Civil Service how much central Government spent in 1973–74, 1974–75 and 1975–76 on computer equipment, including peripherals from ICL, NCR, Honeywell, Burroughs, IBM and Univac; and what part of this expenditure relates to parts, components and peripherals imported from abroad in each case.
§ Mr. Charles R. MorrisExpenditure on procurement of computer equipment for central Government in 1973–74 and 1974–75 from the companies named by the hon. Member has been as follows:
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1973–74 £'000 1974–75 £'000 ICL Purchase 11,599 9,309 Hire 1,141 1,029 Burroughs Purchase 1,374 632 Hire Not significant Not significant IBM Purchase 92 1,533 Hire 991 1,145 Univac Purchase 61 — Hire 202 240 Others* Purchase 5,507 4,054 Hire 125 361 * Including Honeywell and NCR for which separate information is not readily available. Information about the values of im-imported parts, components and peripherals is available only in terms of orders placed. For 1973–74 and 1974–75 these values, based upon declarations by the suppliers, were £6 million and £5.9 million respectively. An analysis of this information by company could not be provided without disproportionate expense.
The analysis of expenditure and orders in 1975–76 is not yet available.