§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans her Department has(a) to utilise the Internet, (b) to make available on the Internet press releases and other departmental information which the public wish to have access to and (c) to use the Internet as a means of increasing the openness of her Department.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe Department's press releases issued electronically through the Central Office of Information are accessible to users of the Internet via Data-Star Dialog (Europe) or Mead/Lexis/Nexis. They are also available to subscribers to FT Profile, Reuters Textline and to POLIS.
The Department's press releases are also available through the COI's fax retrieval service, details of which can be provided by their news distribution service.
There are no further plans to use Internet.