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 John M Taylor (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 November 1996 on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry.

Dept of Trade and Industry

Question: How many lines of computer code there are in his Department's computer systems.

Answer: Mr. Hoon: To ask the President of the Board of Trade how many lines of computer code there are in his Department's computer systems. [5528] Mr. John M. Taylor: The computer systems within my Department make considerable use of commercial packaged software--for example, library cataloguing and management--for which no such information is available. For software developed on a bespoke basis, the information requested is not held centrally and provision of an answer would incur disproportionate cost.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 5528; 286 c360W;286 c358W
Session: 1996-97
Subjects: Software Computers Department of Trade and Industry Government departments