Electronic Correspondence (Hansard, 23 February 1999)

HC Deb 23 February 1999 vol 326 c240W 240W

§ Mr. Chope
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what difficulties have been encountered with the new electronic correspondence system in his Department; and to what extent they have been resolved. [71732]

§ Dawn Primarolo
[holding answer 16 February 1999]The Treasury, Inland Revenue and Custom and Excise have recently introduced a new electronic correspondence handling system which will strengthen the systems for processing and monitoring ministerial correspondence. The technical problems encountered at the outset have now been tackled.