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Dr. Hampson
asked the Prime Minister (1) what her office has spent on (a) computer hardware and (b) computer software for each year since 1984; and what the projected expenditure is for 1987;(2) to which firms her office has awarded contracts for computer hardware for each year since 1984; and what was the value of each contract.
The Prime Minister
The annual expenditure on computer hardware and software is:
| Purchases | ||||
| Financial year | Hardware £ | Software £ | Maintenance1£ | Total £ |
| 1985–86 | — | — | 11,381 | 11,381 |
| 1986–872 | 5,355 | — | 17,000 | 22,355 |
| 1987–883 | 50,000 | 10,000 | 17,000 | 77,000 |
| 1 It is not possible to split the maintenance costs between hardwareand software. | ||||
| 2 Provisional. | ||||
| 3 Estimate. | ||||
In order to preserve commercial confidentiality it would be inappropriate to provide the details of each contract.