HC Deb 31 July 1998 vol 317 c574W
Mr. Kaufman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on IT, itemising(a) personal computers, (b) main-frame, (c) minicomputers and (d) file servers in the last year for which figures are available. [52883]

Mr. Dewar

The information for my Departments and agencies is detailed. The costs shown are capital purchase costs, including VAT, rounded to the nearest £100,000, for financial year 1997–98.

Total expenditure on information technology, 1997–98
Item £ million
(a) Personal computers 3.5
(b) Mainframe nil
(c) Mini-computers nil
(d) Servers 1.4