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Contract with the U.K. National Health Service (Details)
In Millions, unless otherwise specified
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 36 Months Ended
Mar. 27, 2013
USD ($)
Mar. 27, 2013
GBP (£)
Aug. 31, 2012
USD ($)
Aug. 31, 2012
GBP (£)
Mar. 28, 2014
USD ($)
Oct. 04, 2013
USD ($)
Oct. 04, 2013
GBP (£)
Apr. 01, 2011
NHS contract [Member]
Contracts Accounted for under Percentage of Completion, U.S. Claims [Member]
USD ($)
Apr. 01, 2011
NHS contract [Member]
Contracts Accounted for under Percentage of Completion, U.S. Claims [Member]
USD ($)
Oct. 04, 2013
Minimum
USD ($)
Oct. 04, 2013
Minimum
GBP (£)
Oct. 04, 2013
Maximum
USD ($)
Oct. 04, 2013
Maximum
GBP (£)
Employee Service Share-based Compensation, Allocation of Recognized Period Costs [Line Items]                          
Change in accounting estimate, reduction in operating income               $ 1,158csc_ChangeInAccountingEstimateReductionInOperatingIncome
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$ 129csc_ChangeInAccountingEstimateReductionInOperatingIncome
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Contract Modification, Total Consideration To Be Received     126csc_ContractModificationTotalConsiderationToBeReceived 78csc_ContractModificationTotalConsiderationToBeReceived                  
Proceeds from Customers to Settle Disputed Amounts, Net of Value Added Tax 15csc_ProceedsFromCustomersToSettleDisputedAmountsNetOfValueAddedTax 10csc_ProceedsFromCustomersToSettleDisputedAmountsNetOfValueAddedTax 110csc_ProceedsFromCustomersToSettleDisputedAmountsNetOfValueAddedTax 68csc_ProceedsFromCustomersToSettleDisputedAmountsNetOfValueAddedTax                  
Contract Modification, Amount Held in Escrow     16csc_ContractModificationAmountHeldInEscrow 10csc_ContractModificationAmountHeldInEscrow                  
Deferred Costs         14us-gaap_DeferredCostsCurrentAndNoncurrent                
Deferred Revenue         184us-gaap_DeferredRevenue                
U.K. National Health (NHS) current contract value           75.0csc_UKNationalHealthNhsCurrentContractValue 47.5csc_UKNationalHealthNhsCurrentContractValue            
Contract Modification, Aggregate Voluntary Decommision Limit           31.0csc_ContractModificationAggregateVoluntaryDecommisionLimit 19.6csc_ContractModificationAggregateVoluntaryDecommisionLimit            
Contract Modification, Voluntary Decommision Limit, Certain Products                   $ 0.3csc_ContractModificationVoluntaryDecommisionLimitCertainProducts
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£ 0.2csc_ContractModificationVoluntaryDecommisionLimitCertainProducts
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$ 6.9csc_ContractModificationVoluntaryDecommisionLimitCertainProducts
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£ 4.4csc_ContractModificationVoluntaryDecommisionLimitCertainProducts
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