asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to which firms his Department has awarded contracts for computer hardware for each year since 1984; and what was the value of each contract.
The following list contains the names of companies with which the Treasury has spent more than £10,000 on computer hardware, in either of the years 1985–86 or 1986–87, with a broad indication of the amounts involved. For reasons of commercial confidentiality, I am not prepared to give details of individual contracts.
Amounts spent
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| Between | £10,000 | and | £25,000 | Apricot UK Limited |
| Casu Electronics | ||||
| Harrison Comp Serv. | ||||
| Lexi Systems | ||||
| Logica | ||||
| ROCC Computers | ||||
| Winslow | ||||
| Zygal Dynamics plc | ||||
| 1986–87 | ||||
| Between | £500,000 | and | £1,000,000 | ICL |
| Between | £50,000 | and | £150,000 | Compel plc |
| Systime Limited | ||||
| Between | £25,000 | and | £50,000 | British Telecom |
| IBM UK Limited | ||||
| Logica | ||||
| Micronology Limited | ||||
| Between | £10,000 | and | £25,000 | Apollo Computers Limited |
| Cooper Armer Limited | ||||
| Harrison Comp Serv | ||||
| Sensory INF Systems | ||||
| Winslow | ||||
The Treasury also purchased computer hardware worth between £25,000 and £50,000 from HMSO in 1986–87.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his Department has spent on (a) computer hardware and (b) computer software for each year since 1984; and what the projected expenditure is for 1987.
The figures for the Treasury are:
| Financial Year | Hardware £ | Software £ |
| 1985–86 | 1,942,000 | 428,000 |
| 1986–871 | 3,000,000 | 322,000 |
| 1 estimate. | ||