§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the expenditure in each of the last 10 years on computers for which his Department is responsible; what was the expenditure on equipping, programming and laying
COST IN FINANCIAL YEAR £ thousands 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 Equipping … 83 301 242 262 294 Programming … 212 238 294 345 357
£ thousands 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 Equipping … 347 455 644 767 891 Programming … 460 470 690 762 714