HC Deb 27 November 1996 vol 286 c236W
Mr. Hoon

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many separate computer programmes his Department operates; [5518]

(2) how many lines of computer code there are in his Department's computer systems. [5519]

Mr. Arbuthnot

Information concerning the number of lines of computer code contained in my Department's computer systems and how many computer programmes are operated is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.