§ 42. Mr. Goldingasked the Minister for the Civil Service what progress has been made in the study of the uses of telecommunications within the Civil Service.
§ Mr. Kenneth BakerThe research project conducted by the Communications Studies Group at University College, London, was sponsored jointly by my Department and the Post Office Corporation. It considered the use of telecommunications to replace face to face meetings. A final report will be issued in September. The main findings have been used by Sir Henry Hardman in his review into the dispersal of Government work from London and have been summarised in the Report, Appendix 7, pages 75 to 80.