§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Attorney General if he will make a statement on the work his Department has carried out in the last 12 months in making information about his Department available to the public via the Government World Wide Web server known as "ww. open.gov.uk" and his plans and policies to make additional and new information available electronically on the server in the next 12 months. [34672]
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe Departments for which I am responsible do not at present make direct use of the World Wide Web and have no plans to do so in the immediate future. However, the possibility of participating is kept under consideration.
The Crown Prosecution Service makes its press releases available to the public via the Internet using the Central Office of Information's experimental service of the World Wide Web. This service commenced in April 1995.