§ Mr. Malcolm BruceTo ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the costs to public funds in(a) 1998–99, (b) 1999–2000 and (c) 2000–01 of the measures necessary to resolve the year 2000 problem in Government Departments. [9480]
§ Mrs. Liddell[holding answer 21 July 1997]: Government Departments are producing, by October 1997, fully costed plans for undertaking the work needed.
All computer systems are due to be modified and tested by 31 January 1998 subject, where appropriate, to a final check of end year financial systems by April 1999.
The cost of the work in 1998–99 will be met from within the published departmental expenditure plans.