Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre

HC Deb 29 October 1976 vol 918 c422W

Mr. Adam Hunter

asked the Secretary of State for Transport who were the manufacturers or suppliers of the computers and supporting programmes and systems used by the Swansea Driver and Vehicle Licensing Centre; and what was the total amount of money paid by his Department or the Swansea Vehicle and Driver Licensing Centre to each of these manufacturers and suppliers.

Mr. Horam

The amounts paid to date are:

Supplier	Cost £ Million
ICL	…	…	3.36
Mohawk Data Services	…	…	.25
Kode Ltd.	…	…	.08
Interscan	…	…	.26
Redifon	…	…	.78
IBM	…	…	.17
Olivetti	…	…	.06
Plessey	…	…	.13

In addition £1.9 million was paid to outside agencies, mainly ICL, for the part which they played in developing the original systems and programmes.