§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to which firms his Department has awarded contracts for computer hardware for each year since 1984; and what was the value of each contract.
§ Mr. ButcherThe main suppliers of computer hardware to the Department of Trade and Industry are: ICL, WANG and DEC. In addition, the following companies have supplied hardware to the Department: IBM, McDonnell Douglas, Norsk Data, Datapoint, Apricot, Perkin Elmer. The details of the contracts placed are commercially confidential.
§ Dr. Hampsonasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what his Department has spent on (a) computer hardware and (b) computer software for each year since 1984; and what is the projected expenditure for 1987.
§ Mr. ButcherExpenditure by the Department of Trade and Industry on(a) computer hardware, including hardware maintenance, and (b) software, excluding software development undertaken in-house by civil servants and consultants, in connection with administrative computer systems is as follows:
(£000)s (a) Hardware (b) Software 1983–84 5,030 819 1984–85 9,347 905 1985–86 10,789 1,442 1986–87 14,453 1,485