HC Deb 27 February 1987 vol 111 cc453-4W
Dr. Hampson

asked the Attorney-General what the Lord Chancellor's Department has spent on (a) computer hardware and (b) computer software for each year since 1984; and what the projected expenditure is for 1987.

The Solicitor-General

The answer is as follows:

Hardware

£

Software

£

1985–86 639,000 80,000
1986–87 1,831,000 153,000
1 1987–88 2,060,000 130,000
1 projected

Dr. Hampson

asked the Attorney-General, to which firms the Lord Chancellor's Department have awarded contracts for computer hardware for each year since 1984; and what was the value of each contract.

The Solicitor-General

Major (in excess of £10,000 worth of business) suppliers of computer hardware to the Lord Chancellor's Department in the years 1985–86 and 1986–87 have been as follows:

  • Apricot (UK) Ltd.
  • British Olivetti Ltd.
  • Burroughs Machines Ltd.
  • CASU Electronics Ltd.
  • Cybertek Computing Ltd.
  • Data General Ltd.
  • Electronic Business Systems Ltd.
  • Farnell International Instruments Ltd.
  • International Business Machines Ltd.
  • McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Ltd.
  • Rank Xerox (UK) Ltd.

The value of each contract is a matter of commercial confidentiality.