§ Mr. WarrenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many officials in his Department at grade 3 and above have, since promotion to the level of 233W grade 3, attended a course (a) specifically on information technology and (b) containing an element of information technology; and what percentage each represents of all the staff in those grades in his Department.
Number of staff who have attended courses specifically on information techonology Percentage of staff in the grade Number of staff who have attended courses with an element of information technology Percentage of staff in the grade Grade 1 1 50 1 50 Grade 2 4 100 1 25 Grade 3 11 41 13 48
§ Mr. WarrenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many work stations excluding stand-alone word processors are currently installed in his Department; and what is the ratio of such work stations to civil servants.
§ Mr. EggarExcluding stand-alone word processors, there are 19,420 work stations currently installed in the Employment Department group; a ratio of 1:2.8 civil servants.
§ Mr. WarrenTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment which Minister in his Department is responsible for day-to-day management of his Department's information technology strategy; and what proportion of his time was spent on this matter in the month up to Friday 13 October.
§ Mr. EggarThe day-to-day management of the Employment Department group's information technology (IT) strategy is the responsibility of officials. I am the Minister responsible for IT matters in the Employment Department group. IT is in general so integrated into the Department's business functions that to attempt to apportion specific intervals of a Minister's time to its consideration would involve a disproportionate effort.