§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what assessment has been made as to the additional costs which will be incurred by his Department as a result of the changes in national telephone dialling codes next year; and how much this change will costs his Department in additional expenditure.
§ Mr. Ian TaylorThere will be very little additional cost to the Department arising from the national dialling code changes. Service providers such as BT and Mercury have not charged for the necessary work within telephone exchanges and the costs of consequential internal changes to stationery, fax machines and soon will be contained within existing expenditure limits. Forward planning has