§ Mr. HoonTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many lines of computer code there are in his Department's computer systems. [5347]
§ Mr. HagueMy Department uses a number of propriety software packages and for these, information on the number of programs or lines of source code is known only to the supplier.
My Department is carrying out an inventory of that bespoke software which is likely still to be in use in 2000 as part of our strategy for dealing with the year 2000 date change, but compilation of the inventory is not yet complete.
§ Mr. HoonTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many separate computer programs his Department operates. [5356]
§ Mr. HagueThere is no universal definition of what constitutes a computer program; this could be simply a formula or a line of executable code.
However, my Department is at present responsible for two major software systems.