HC Deb 18 April 1990 vol 170 cc954-5W
21. Mr. Bernie Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any new plans to encourage research and development in information technology.

Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any new plans to encourage research and development in information technology.

58. Mr. Graham

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he has any new plans to encourage research and development in information technology.

Mr. Forth

I am pleased to announce Government support of £34 million for new national collaborative research and development programmes in the following areas of IT: safety-critical software, the application of parallel processing and open distributed processing. They will be jointly funded by the Department of Trade and Industry and the science and engineering research council.

26. Mr. Home Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the training of senior staff in the application of information technology.

69. Dr. Kim Howells

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the training of senior staff in the application of information technology.

88. Mr. Hood

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the training of senior staff in the application of information technology.

Mr. Forth

No. I have nothing to add to my answers of 14 March 1990 at column292.