§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what plans he has to ensure that his Department's computer systems are millennium compliant; and if he will make a statement. [1250]
§ Mr. PrescottDOE, DOT and their Executive Agencies have projects underway to tackle the problem. Both departments are undertaking system audits and holding discussions with product and service providers to analyse the problem in detail in order to produce costed plans by October 1997. The audits of many major systems are complete and some corrective work has been done. In some cases systems are being replaced with compliant ones before 2000.