asked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list those companies to which his Department has awarded contracts for the supply of word processing hardware and software in each year since 1984; and what was the value of each contract;(2) how much his Department has spent on

Word processing hardware and software has been purchased to the following values:

	£
1984–85	9,750
1985–86	29,011
1986–87	13,400

Most of the equipment was purchased from Her Majesty's Stationery Office. The manufacturers of the equipment purchased were information Technology Ltd. (ITL), Hermes Precisa Ltd. and International Business Machines (IBM). To disclose details of individual contracts would be a breach of commercial confidence.Current estimates provide for expenditure on word processing equipment of £103,500 in 1987–88 and £160,000 in 1988–89.

asked the Secretary of State for Wales (1) if he will list those companies to which his Department has awarded contracts for the supply of desktop publishing hardware and software in each year since 1984; and what was the value of each contract;(2) how much his Department has spent on

My Department has not yet purchased any desktop publishing hardware or software. Sums of £75,000 and £40,000 have been provisionally earmarked in 1987–88 and 1988–89 respectively, for:he purchase of such equipment.