§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the top 10 suppliers of computer equipment to his Department and its agencies in the last five years, indicating the total value of the contracts received. [34547]
§ Mr. HoramThe figures include expenditure by the Cabinet Office and No. 10 Downing street and by the Office of Public Service and its agencies.
The top ten suppliers during the period 1993–94 and 1994–95, were:
£00s Viglen 1,832 ICL 1,351 DELL 1,340 Hewlett-Packard 947 Rank Xerox 388 Kyocera 357 Elonex 243 Toshiba 122 Compaq 103 Bowe Systems Ltd 85 During this same period, expenditure on "turnkey" solutions was £12,268,000. It is not possible to identify separately the cost of equipment within these packages.
Similar information for the years 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93 is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which firms have won computer consultancy contracts from his Department and its agencies over the last five years; and what is the number of contracts per firm. [33883]
§ Mr. HoramThe firms which have won computer consultancy contracts from the Cabinet Office, Office of Public Service, Recruitment and Assessment Services Agency, Occupational Health Services Agency, Chessington Computer centre, Civil Service college and Central Office of Information in 1993–94 and 1994–95 are as follows: 1051W
1993–94 1994–95 Admiral Management Services — 1 Amtec 1 4 Butler Bloor — 1 Computacenter 1 — CSC Ltd 1 — Eider 1 3 Fordway 6 — Gimlet Management Consultants — 1 IBM 1 — Kudos 2 — Netware NFS 1 — Psy Tech/Framework 1 1 QLC/Formfill 1 2 Secure Information Systems Ltd — 1 Security and Standards Consultants Ltd 1 1 Smith System Engineering Ltd 1 1 Software Design 1 1 South Bank University 1 — Touche Ross 1 — Triad 1 — Similar information for HMSO and CCTA, and the information for earlier years requested in the question may be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
Ministerial visits Minister (1993) Number of officials Destination Purpose Cost £ 18–19 January +5 Brussels Council 2,700 24–25 January +2 Vienna Meeting with Austrian Minister 1,600 31 January—1 February +2 Oslo Meeting with Norwegian Minister 1,500 9–10 February +5 Brussels Council 3,200 9–10 March +2 Italy Verona Agricultural Show 1,800 16–17 March +6 Brussels Council 3,600 26–27 April +10 Luxembourg Council 6,700 9–12 May +2 Turkey Trade promotion 3,000 16–17 May +3 Copenhagen Meeting with Danish Minister 2,000 24–25 May +8 Brussels Council 4,600 14–15 June +2 Luxembourg Council 1,800 28–29 June +1 Koldingfjord Denmark Informal Council 900 19–20 July +6 Brussels Council 3,600 6–15 September1 +2 South America1 Trade promotion 16,000 20–21 September +4 Brussels Council 2,700 27–28 September +1 Ostend Informal Council 950 12 October +3 Brussels Meeting with Commissioner Paleokrassas 1,500 18–19 October +5 Luxembourg Council 3,600 3 November +2 Bonn Meeting Herr Borchert 1,100 16–17 November +4 Brussels Council 2,700 6 December +3 France Meeting with M. Puech 1,600 13–16 December +9 Brussels Council 8,000 17–8 September Paraguay/9–10 September Uruguay/11–13 September Argentina. 1052W
Minister of State (1993) Number of Officials Destination Purpose Cost£ 18 March +7 Brussels Council 4,500 24 June +7 Luxembourg Council 4,500 12 October +3 Brussels Meeting with Commissioner Paleokrassas 2,000 14 October +3 Dublin Meeting with Irish Minister 1,250 25 September—2 October +2 India Trade Promotion 1,200 20 October +7 Luxenbourg Council 5,000 21–22 November +7 Brussels Council 6,000 18–21 December +8 Brussels Council 6,000