§ Ms EagleTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those contracts his Department currently holds with EDS, indicating for each the(a) date of inception, (b) value and (c) duration. [17451]
§ Mr. ArbuthnotThe central data maintained by the Ministry of Defence procurement executive shows that there are more than 150 contracts currently open with the company with a total value of in excess of £50 million. To obtain the level of detailed information requested for each contract would require considerable further research which could not be undertaken without disproportionate cost.