§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what is his Department's involvement in the development of a software package to allow pay-as-you-earn, national insurance contributions, value added tax, and Central Statistical Office requirements to be integrated; and when he expects this to be possible. [31903]
§ Mr. HealdThe Contributions Agency, Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise have a number of projects under way as part of their joint working programmes. The programmes are focused in particular on ways to ease burdens on business in meeting their obligations, but there are no plans to integrate the information technology systems.