HC Deb 11 March 1996 vol 273 cc415-6W
Mr. Miller

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all cases since 1987 where his Department has bought computer capacity from(a) other Departments and (b) the private sector, giving the value of each contract and the name of the private sector contractors. [19458]

Sir Paul Beresford

Information which identifies externally purchased computer processing is available only for 1991–92 to 1995–96.

The only external processing in this period provided by other departments was the payroll processing service from the Treasury Chessington Computer Centre and the superannuation service from the Paymaster General's Office.

Contracts with private sector contractors in this period were:

Contractor Project Expenditure per annum £
F International Construction industry consultants and contractors registers 110,000
CFM Construction industry consultants and contractors registers 180,000
CAM Ltd. National dwelling and household survey 3,000
Peter Peregrinus Ltd. Environmental research in Britain database 70,000

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