§ Mr. KaufmanTo 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. DewarThe 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