§ Mr. KaufmanTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much his Department spent on IT, itemising(a) personal computers, (b) main-frame, (c) mini-computers and (d) file servers in the last year for which figure are available. [52892]
Dr. John CunninghamCapital expenditure on IT within my Department, its Agencies and the Central Office of Information in 1997–98 was £5.6 million. IT expenditure is not broken down within my Department into the precise categories asked for in the question but has been analysed to provide the following estimates of itemised expenditure:
£ Cabinet Office Agencies (a) Personal computers 525,000 1,030,000 (b) Mainframe 0 0 (c) Mini-computers 15,000 0 (d) File servers 250,000 435,000