§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will list those companies awarded contracts by his Department for the supply of computer hardware and software in each year since 1992 indicating the value of each contract. [37976]
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeThe Department of Culture, Media and Sport has outsourced the provision of IT support and services to Sema Group who are responsible for the bulk of computer hardware and software procurement. Through Sema, the Department spent £385,000 on software and £189,000 on hardware in 1997–1998, £223,000 on software and £540,000 on hardware in 1996–1997, and £213,000 on software and £145,000 on hardware in 1995–1996. Figures for previous years are not available.
The only contract for software and hardware let by the Department in this period was with CSL, the software cost was £88,000 and the hardware cost was £39,000.