HC Deb 16 July 1996 vol 281 cc465-6W
Mr. Rowe

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what plans he has to ensure that major publications from his Department are accompanied by a simultaneous electronic release of the text on the Internet. [37231]

Mr. Robin Squire

In line with the Government's open government policy, the Department always considers if it is appropriate to use the Internet to augment other publishing routes. An example is the recent publication of "The Skills Audit", which was published simultaneously on the Internet. The responsibility for considering the Internet as an additional publishing medium for our Command Papers and priced documents rests primarily with HMSO.