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Written question asked by Geoffrey Hoon (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 28 November 1996. It was answered by Lord Howard of Lympne (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 November 1996 on behalf of the Home Office.


Home Office

Question
How many lines of computer codes there are in his Department's computer systems. - Inc figs for police national computer.
Answer

Mr. Hoon: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many lines of computer codes there are in his Department's computer systems. [5514] Mr. Howard: Most of my Department's information technology systems are supported by outside suppliers, so this information is known only to them. The major applications which are supported in-house are those of the police national computer, which have some 1.5 million lines of code.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5514; 286 c319W
Session
1996-97
Subjects
Software Computers Government departments Home Office
Contains statistics
Yes