§ Mr. ByersTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many contracts his Department has entered into with the computer company EDS-Scion or its predecessor EDS; when the contracts were entered into; what is their total value; and what is the subject matter of each contract.
§ Mr. Howard[holding answer 1 July 1994]: The Home Office has let three contracts to the specified company amounting to a total value of £80,942.23.
Details of the contracts are given below:
Date Contract let and Subject matter of Contract 12 September 1991Hardware Maintenance49W10 July 1992Software licences for London Fire and Civil Defence Authority8 January 1993Evaluation of Performance of Classifying Finger Printing Images for Police System Research and Development Group