§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if his Department has any plans to integrate its proposed computer network with either the police computer network, the Inland Revenue computer network or the VAT computer network.
§ Mr. PortilloThe Department is working with Her Majesty's Treasury, Her Majesty's Customs and Excise, the Inland Revenue and the Home Office on the proposed Government data network. The network would share communication facilities. There are no plans to use the network to link the department's computers to those of other Departments.