HC Deb 25 November 2002 vol 395 cc111-2W
Tim Loughton

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many Government Departments hold(a) a Charter Mark and (b) a Plain English web award. [83300]

Mr. Alexander

No Government Departments are Charter Mark holders themselves.

Currently 2,485 organisations within the public sector are Charter Mark holders, covering a wide range of sectors such as health, education, the courts, the employment service, Inland Revenue, local government

Commons and that if there were a development which required a change of policy, the Prime Minister would at such moment as seemed compatible with the security of the country, on his own initiative, make a statement in the House about it.