§ Mr. AllanTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what estimate he has made of the proportion of his Department's computer systems which will be millennium-compliant on 1 April 1999. [58848]
§ Mr. TimmsAll but one of the Department's business critical computer systems will have been fully tested and corrected for millennium compliance by 1 April 1999. The supplier of the remaining system, the new National Insurance Recording System, was required to deliver it compliant and testing to confirm that will be complete by 31 October 1999, or earlier if possible. The target date for completion of work on non-business critical computer systems is 31 August 1999.