§ Mr. Coombsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list those companies that his Department has awarded contracts for the supply of word processing hardware and software in each year since 1984; and what was the value of each contract.
§ Mr. JoplingFor reasons of confidentiality it is not possible to divulge the value of individual contracts. Contracts for word processing hardware and software were awarded to the following suppliers in the years indicated:
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Years Years Years Access Data— 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 AES— 1984–85 1986–87 — Amstrad— 1986–87 — — Data Logic— 1986–87 — — Intelligent Interfaces— 1986–87 — — ITT— 1984–85 — — ITT QUME UK — 1986–87 — — Nexos— 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 Prime— 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87
§ Mr. Coombsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much his Department has spent on (a) word processing hardware and (b) word processing software in each year since 1984; and what is projected expenditure for the financial years 1987–88 and 1988–89.
§ Mr. JoplingIt is not possible to apportion expenditure between hardware and software. Total expenditure was as follows in the years indicated:
£ 1984–85 95,000 1985–86 53,000 1986–87 513,000 Consultants are reviewing the Ministry's arrangements for office support systems. Until their report has been received in June, considered and decisions taken as regards implementation expenditure for 1987–88 and 1988–89 cannot be forecast.
§ Mr. Coombsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will list those companies that his Department has awarded contracts for the supply of desk top publishing hardware and software in each year since 1984; and what was the value of each contract.
§ Mr. JoplingFor reasons of confidentiality it is not possible to divulge the value of individual contracts. I am able to say, however, that since 1984 contracts with a total value of £30,000 were placed in 1986–87, with the following companies:
- SAMS Business Centres (2 × Apple Mackintosh)
- Rank Xerox (I × Xerox Documenter)
§ Mr. Coombsasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how much his Department has spent on (a) desktop publishing hardware and (b) desktop publishing software in each year since 1984; and what is projected expenditure for financial years 1987–88 and 1988–89.
§ Mr. JoplingNo expenditure was incurred prior to 1986–87 when £30,000 was spent. It is not possible to apportion this between hardware and software. It is expected that the level of expenditure in 1987–88 and 1988–89 will not increase significantly compared with 1986–87.