§ Mr. Adam Hunterasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer who were the manufacturers or suppliers of the computers and supporting programmes and systems used by the Inland Revenue Centre I at East Kilbride; and what was the total amount of money paid by the Inland Revenue to each of these manufacturers and suppliers.
§ Mr. Robert SheldonThe equipment currently in use at Inland Revenue Centre I East Kilbride is an ICL 1904S installed 477W in November 1973 at a cost of £450,000 inclusive of VAT.
Enhancements to the value of £120,000 inclusive of VAT—Printers. Etc—have been supplied subsequently by ICL.
Software for the operation of the equipment was provided within the total costs, and systems in use have been devised and programmed by staff of Inland Revenue.
Data preparation equipment was originally supplied by Creed Ltd. at a cost of £59,000 and has recently been replaced by Kode Equipment, redeployed from DVLC Swansea at a cost of £15,000.
All the above equipment was provided from Central Computer Agency funds.