§ Sir Brian MawhinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what assessment he has made of whether(a) the Fire Service College, (b) the Forensic Science Service, (c) the UK Passport Agency and (d) HM Prison Service will be fully millennium compliant by 1 January 1999; [32303]
(2) what is his estimate of the cost of (a) the Fire Service College, (b) the Forensic Science Service, (c) the UK Passport Agency and (d) HM Prison Service achieving millennium compliance; [32301]
(3) when (a) the Fire Service College, (b) the Forensic Science Service, (c) the UK Passport Agency and (d) HM Prison Service will each complete their examination of the options available for achieving millennium compliance. [32300]
§ Mr. Straw[holding answer 3 March 1998]: I refer the right hon. Member to the oral statement given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 27 November 1997, Official Report, columns 1104–05, and to his answer to a question from the hon. Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan) on 3 March 1998, Official Report, column 622.
§ Sir Brian MawhinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he or his Ministers last met the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to discuss his Department's progress towards millennium compliance. [32313]
§ Mr. Straw[holding answer 3 March 1998]: The Home Office has submitted outline plans to my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and reported to him on them. These plans have been placed in the Library and on the Internet. So far, no meeting has been necessary.