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Dr. Hampson
asked the Attorney-General what the Lord Chancellor's 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 Solicitor-General
The answer is as follows:
| Hardware £ | Software £ | |
| 1985–86 | 639,000 | 80,000 |
| 1986–87 | 1,831,000 | 153,000 |
| 1 1987–88 | 2,060,000 | 130,000 |
| 1 projected | ||
Dr. Hampson
asked the Attorney-General, to which firms the Lord Chancellor's Department have awarded contracts for computer hardware for each year since 1984; and what was the value of each contract.
The Solicitor-General
Major (in excess of £10,000 worth of business) suppliers of computer hardware to the Lord Chancellor's Department in the years 1985–86 and 1986–87 have been as follows:
- Apricot (UK) Ltd.
- British Olivetti Ltd.
- Burroughs Machines Ltd.
- CASU Electronics Ltd.
- Cybertek Computing Ltd.
- Data General Ltd.
- Electronic Business Systems Ltd.
- Farnell International Instruments Ltd.
- International Business Machines Ltd.
- McDonnell Douglas Information Systems Ltd.
- Rank Xerox (UK) Ltd.