§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the Internet electronic mail addresses for(a) her Department and (b) each Minister in her Department; and if she will make a statement on her Department's approach to the information super-highway. [17730]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe Department and Ministers do not have Internet electronic mailboxes. Although officials are using the Internet to retrieve information and to communicate with the research, medical and scientific community, public electronic mail access is still under consideration. The Department is considering how best to exploit the information super-highway to disseminate and retrieve information and to communicate with external organisations and members of the public without risking the security of confidential or personal information and at minimum administrative cost.