HC Deb 13 May 1987 vol 116 cc268-70W
Mr. Coombs

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those companies to which 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. Rifkind

Contracts for the supply of word processing hardware and software have been awarded to the following companies:

Year and Company

1984–85

  • IBM (UK) Ltd.
  • Information Technology Ltd.

1985–86

  • IBM (UK) Ltd.
  • Olivetti
  • AES Data
  • Wordplex

1986–87

  • IBM (UK) Ltd
  • Computerland
  • Microcentre
  • City Business Computers
  • MBS Computer Services
  • ICL
  • Wordplex

The total value of contracts awarded was £1,519,860.

Mr. Coombs

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland 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. Rifkind

My Department has spent the following sums on word processing hardware and software since 1984:

Year Cost
£
(a)Word processing Hardware
1984–85 494,725
1985–86 320,776
1986–87 595,035
(b)Word Processing Software
1984–85 27,747
1985–86 35,337
1986–87 46,240

Expenditure is projected for 1987–88 and 1988–89 as follows:

Hardware Software
£ £
1987–88 200,436 16,584
1988–89 29,951 20,914

Mr. Coombs

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those companies to which 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. Rifkind

Contracts for the supply of desk top publishing hardware and software have been awarded to Rank Xerox in each of the years 1984–85, 1985–86 and 1986–87 to a total value of £99,000.

Mr. Coombs

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department has spent on (a) desk top publishing hardware and (b) desk top publishing software in each year since 1984; and what is projected expenditure for the financial years 1987–88 and 1988–89.

Mr. Rifkind

My Deprtment has spent the following sums on desk top publishing hardware and software since 1984:

Year Cost
£
(a)Desk top publishing hardware
1984–85 59,167
1985–86 17,168
1986–87 17,782
(b)Desk top publishing software
1984–85 890
1985–86 1,780
1986–87 748

Projected expenditure for the financial year 1987–88 is nil and for 1988–89 is £20,000.