HC Deb 04 November 1997 vol 300 c126W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the President of the Board of Trade which(a) Minister and (b) civil servant has overall responsibility for ensuring millennium computer compliance in his Department and its associated public bodies. [13586]

Mrs. Roche

The President of the Board of Trade has overall responsibility for the Department's work including that related to the year 2000 compliance of its computer systems. The Department's director of information management and technology, Dick Wheeler, has management responsibility for the core Department's programme of compliance projects and related activities. Chief executives of agencies and other public bodies have similar responsibilities for their programmes.