HC Deb 06 April 1981 vol 2 cc188-9W
21. Mr. Blackburn

asked the Secretary for Industry what estimate he has made of the proportion of public purchases within the control of his Department which are of British manufacture.

Mr. Kenneth Baker

Most of the computer equipment used by the Department for administrative work has been purchased from ICL; word processing equipment purchased recently is all of British manufacture; and a significant proportion of the general office machinery and supplies in use within the Department comes from British sources.