§ Mr. WarrenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the composition of the senior774W information technology strategy committee in his Department; and how many times in the past year its meetings have been attended by Ministers.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe members of the senior level information technology steering committee for the Department of Transport are:
- Deputy Secretary, Road Safety and Licensing, Principal Finance Officer (Chairman)
- Under Secretary, Road and Vehicle Safety
- Under Secretary, Freight
- Under Secretary, Marine and Ports
- Director of Administrative Resources
- Director of Personnel Management and Training
- Director of Driver and Vehicle Licensing
- Director of Statistics
- Director (Transport), West Midland Regional Office
- Director, Drivers, Vehicles and Operators IT Directorate
- Head of Business Efficiency Services
- Director of Financial Management
- Deputy Chief Highway Engineer
- Assistant Director, TRRL
- Head of IT strategic Planning Division
- CCTA representative
None of its meetings over the past year has been attended by Ministers.
§ Mr. WarrenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many of the staff in his Department at grades 1, 2 and 3 have attended courses or training on information technology awareness or management in the last 12 months.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyDuring the financial year 1987–88 one person at grade 2 and three people at grade 3 attended courses or training on information technology awareness or information technology management. In addition, three people at grade 3 attended management courses which had an information technology component.
Also, two of the people at grade 3 referred to by the Secretary of State for the Environment in his answer to my hon. Friend of 12 July have common service responsibilities covering this Department.