§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the President of the Board of Trade how many contracts his Department, agencies and associated bodies have had with EDS for each year since 1985; what was the value of each contract; if he will indicate for each contract(a) if it was completed, (b) what modifications were made at the request of (i) the company and (ii) the Department and (c) if work under contract is being undertaken in-house; and if he will make a statement on the number of job reductions in his Department arising from the contracting out of work by EDS. [3800]
Mr. John M. TaylorAccording to central records, my Department has not placed any contracts with EDS since 1985, although orders for IT goods have been placed under the Government catalogue—GCAT—contract with CCTA let with EDS earlier this year.