asked the Secretary of State for Social Services 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 companies have been awarded hardware contracts since 1984. The value of each contract is not disclosed. It would be improper for reasons of commercial confidentiality to do so.
- Ace Micro
- Albion
- Apple Computer (UK)
- Apricot (UK)
- Artificial Intelligence
- AT Computerworld
- BNF Metals
- Boeing Computer Services
- British Olivetti
- British Telecom
- Camtec
- Comart Computers
- Datagraphics
- Digital Equipment
- Digital Microsystems
- Drake
- Elmoro
- Equinox Computer Systems
- Hewlett Packard
- Honeywell
- IBM (UK)
- ICL (UK)
- Infotron
- Logitek
- McDonnell Douglas Information Systems
- MBS
- Memorex
- Metier Management Systems
- NCC
- Newbery Data Recording
- Norsk Data
- Northern Telecom
- Perkin Elmer Data Systems
- Plessey Computers
- Prime Computer (UK)
- Regnecentralen (UK)
- Software Sciences
- Spider Systems
- Techalog Data Systems
- Tectime
- Timeplex
- Torch Computers
- Videcom
- Vistec Business Systems
- Wang (UK)
- Wordplex
- WPS Systems
- Xitan
- Y.M. Corporate Services
- Zengrange
- Zygal Services
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what his Department has spent on (a) computer hardware and (b) computer software for each year since 1984; and what is the projected expenditure for 1987.
The information is as follows:
| Hardware | Software | |
| £ | £ | |
| Actual expenditure in the financial year 1985–86 | 38,838,721 | 2,149,107 |
| Actual expenditure this far in the financial year 1986–87 | 32,574,930 | 1,894,188 |
| Estimated expenditure during the financial year 1987–88 | 70,709,000 | 6,453,000 |
Note: Turnkey expenditure has been included with the hardware figures.
Institutions offering secure accommodation for juveniles—1 February 1987
| ||||
Name
| Location
| Number of places
| ||
Boys
| Girls
| Either sex
| ||
| New Aycliffe (Royston House) | Darlington, Durham | — | — | 14 |
| Clavering House | Blaydon, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | — | — | 3 |
| Aycliffe School | Darlington, Durham | — | — | 36 |
| Keppel's View | Rotherham | — | — | 4 |
| East Moor School | Leeds | 27 | — | — |
| Dyson Hall | Fazakerley, Liverpool | 8 | — | — |
| Red Sands (Oak House) | Nantwich, Cheshire | — | — | 6 |
| Derwent House | Liverpool | — | 4 | — |
| Blackbrook House School (Laboure House) | St. Helens, Lancashire | — | 5 | — |
| Red Bank (Vardy House) | Newton Le Willows, Lancashire | 8 | — | — |
| Fylde School (Dales House) | Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire | 8 | — | — |
| Fylde Observation and Assessment Centre | Poulton-Le-Fylde, Lancashire | 4 | — | — |
| Briars Hey (Orchard House) | Rainhill, Lancashire | — | 8 | — |
| Redbank School | Newton Le Willows, Lancashire | 26 | — | — |
| Meadowcroft (Lindle Unit) | Preston, Lancashire | — | 6 | — |
| Stoke House | Stoke, Coventry | — | — | 6 |
| St. John's | Erdington, Birmingham | — | — | 4 |
| Moorfield | Sinfin Moor, Derbyshire | — | — | 2 |
| Greenacres | Chesterfield, Derbyshire | 2 | — | — |
| Kesteven House | Sleaford, Lincolnshire | — | — | 4 |
| Amberdale | Stapleford, Nottinghamshire | — | — | 8 |
| Salters | Peterborough | — | 6 | — |
| Oxenden House | Leighton Buzzard | — | — | 6 |
| Woodside | Stevenage, Hertfordshire | — | — | 2 |
| Heathercroft | Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire | — | 3 | — |
| Cumberlow Lodge | South Norwood | — | 6 | — |
| Frant Court | Frant, East Sussex | — | 3 | — |
| Little Heath Lodge | Romford, Essex | 6 | — | — |
| Middlesex Lodge | Hillingdon | — | 8 | — |
| Melanie Klein House | Greenwich | — | 6 | — |
| Orchard Lodge | Annerley | 8 | — | — |
| Royal Philanthropic School | Redhill | 8 | — | — |
| Stamford House | Hammersmith | 16 | — | — |
| Lansdowne Children's Centre | Hailsham, East Sussex | — | — | 5 |
| Beechfield | Crawley, West Sussex | — | — | 6 |
| The Oaks | Guildford, Surrey | — | — | 2 |
| Fairfield Lodge | Southampton, Hampshire | — | 3 | — |
| Glen House | Southampton, Hampshire | 8 | — | — |
| Northbrook School (Atkinson Unit) | Exeter, Devon | — | — | 12 |
| Kingswood Special Unit | Kingswood, Bristol | 20 | — | — |
| Glenthorne Youth Treatment Centre | Erdington, Birmingham | — | — | 28 |
| St. Charles Youth Treatment Centre | Brentwood, Essex | — | — | 30 |
| Total Grand Total 385 | 149 | 58 | 178 | |
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has any plans to change the number of secure