§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list the Internet electronic addresses of(a) his Department and (b) each Minister in his Department; and if he will make a statement on his Department's approach to the information superhighway. [17738]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordDOE is currently evaluating the Internet for electronic communications and has not established formal e-mail addresses for the Department centrally or Ministers individually. A fully advanced office support system project is, however, now under way and will, among other things, provide full electronic mail links across all areas of the Department and the ability to communicate via external networks, during the next three years.
Officials have been asked to investigate the feasibility of publishing a range of departmental information through the Internet. No firm decision has yet been taken by the Department to use this service.