§ Mr. David AtkinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the problem of non-recognition by computers of the year 2000 with regard to his Department's computers and those for which it is responsible. [24406]
§ Mr. Howard[holding answer 3 April 1996]: My Department is aware of the problem. An audit of Home Office computer systems is currently being carried out by the Department's information technology service provider—Sema Group—to establish what systems will be affected and what needs to be done to correct any problems revealed by the audit. Concurrently, third party software suppliers are being approached to establish how their products cater for the century change.