§ Mr. Clifton-BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list each major new computer system that(a) his Department, (b) non-departmental bodies and (c) agencies under his responsibility have purchased in the last five years; what was the initial purchase cost and what was the final cost; what was each system's (i) planned and (ii) actual date of commissioning; what major computer systems will be purchased by bodies in categories (a), (b) and (c) in the next financial year; and what is their estimated cost. [27846]
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§ Mr. Ron DaviesThe only major purchase by my Department in the last 5 years was £540,000 on the purchase of replacement hardware and software for a Unix computer system. The planned date of commissioning of this system is the end of February 1998. My Department has no plans for the purchase of major computer systems during the next financial year.