§ Richard Younger-RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what has been the total expenditure of his Department on IT systems and support in each year 761W from May 1997 to date; how many IT contracts have been let in each of those years; of the other main contracting party in each of those contracts, how many have been (a) companies whose registered office is in (i) England and Wales, (ii) Scotland and (iii) Northern Ireland and
Year England and Wales Northern Ireland Total IT systems and support expenditure (£) 1997–98 Ramick Computing (NI) Ltd. 3,048,148 1998–99 Bull Information Systems Ltd. 2,030,657 HCP Electronics EDC Communications 1999–2000 Compaq Computers Ltd. 4,050,710 Hallmark Solutions (NI) Core Systems Sanderson (NI) Ltd. 2000–01 Pecaso Ltd. 5,848,049 Photobase (UK) Elite Training 2001–02 PA Consultants Ltd. 12,686,083 Partnerships UK Compaq Computers Ltd. ICS Computing Ltd. 1 Estimate, figures unavailable until the end of this financial year No contracts have been let to companies in Scotland or abroad except a contract with Microsoft (2000) where the contract office is Dublin.