§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those companies that his Department has 193W 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. Archie HamiltonThe Ministry of Defence procured, primarily through Her Majesty's Stationery Office, dedicated word processing hardware and associated word processing software software from the following companies:
Year and Company Total expenditure £ 1984–85 Exxon/Vydec 1,566,000 AES CPT Phillips Rank Xerox Data Logic Olivetti Diamond (OTL) 1985–86 AES 1,184,000 CPT Phillips Rank Xerox Olivetti Logica Data Logic ICL Canon 1986–87 AES 2,106,000 CPT Phillips Amstrad ICL Wordplex Olivetti OEM Rank Xerox GEC Reliance Canon Wang General purpose hardware and word processing software with which it may be used are excluded.
Only the figures for total expenditure are readily available, but for reasons of commercial confidentiality it would in any case be improper for me to give details of individual contract value.
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§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Defence 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. Archie HamiltonExpenditure on hardware dedicated to word processing, and word processing software, is not separately identifiable. Total expenditure was:
£ 1984–85 1,566,000 1985–86 1,184,000 1986–87 2,106,000 Projected expenditure for 1987–88 is about £1,200,000 and for 1988–89 about £1,320,000. General purpose hardware and word processing software with which it may be used are not included.
§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those companies that his Department has 1,184,000 awarded contracts for the supply of desktop hardware and software in each year since 1984; and what was the value of each contract.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonSince 1984 the Ministry of Defence has procured desktop publishing hardware and software through Her Majesty's Stationery Office, from Apple Macintosh and Rank Zerox. For reasons of commercial confidentiality it would be improper for me to ive details of individual contract values.
§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Defence 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 the financial years 1987–88 and 1988–89.
§ Mr. Archie HamiltonExpenditure on hardware and software dedicated to desktop publishing is not separable. Total expenditure was:
£ 1984–85 Nil 1985–86 37,800 1986–87 17,000 Projected expenditure for 1987–88 is about £48,000 and for 1988–89 about £65,000.