§ Mr. DoranTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many computers operated by Government Departments are connected to the Government data network; and how many individual files are linked to that network.
§ Mr. MaplesAccess agreements to use the network have been made between Racal Data Networks Limited and 22 Departments or non-departmental Government bodies. These are Inland Revenue, Department of Social Security, Home Office, Her Majesty's Customs and Excise, Employment Department, Her Majesty's Treasury, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, Department of Energy, General Register Office (Scotland), the Intervention Board Executive Agency, Department of Trade and Industry, Welsh Office, Department of Transport, Ordnance Survey, Department for National Savings, Department of Health, Natural History Museum, Cabinet Office, National Museums of Scotland, Property Holdings and the Paymaster General's Office. Some 2,800 network access points have been installed. Details of computer systems that send and receive data over the Government data network are not held centrally.