§ Mr. BarronTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many separate local area networks and wide area networks are currently in operation within the NHS. [18796]
§ Mr. MillerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health 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. [19457]
§ Mr. HoramDuring 1995–96 the Department rented computer capacity from:
- Hoskyns Group plc: £112,300
- Office of Population Censuses and Surveys: £14,000
Apart from this the Department has, since 1987, purchased total services which have included computer processing capacity from other departments and the private sector. Services have been provided by Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Department of Social Security, Information Technology Services Agency and Chessington Computer Centre—an agency of the Cabinet Office—in the public sector and by Data Sciences and CMS, taken over recently by Hoskyns Group plc, in the private sector. The cost of computer capacity cannot be separated within the total charges.