§ Mr. WarrenTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many officials in his Department at grade 3 and above have, since promotion to the level of 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.
§ Mr. RyderSince promotion to the level of grade 3, two Treasury officials have attended courses exclusively on information technology (IT) and 13 have attended courses containing IT sessions. This represents attendance rates of 4.4 per cent. and 31 per cent. respectively.
§ Mr. WarrenTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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. RyderThe Treasury which includes the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, Chessington computer centre and the Civil Service Catering Organisation, has 1,430 computer work stations. The overall ratio of work stations to staff is about 1:2.2. This figure includes all terminals and microcomputers, but excludes stand-alone dedicated work processors.