§ 14. Mr. WhiteTo ask the President of the Board of Trade what further measures her Department is taking to help businesses tackle the millennium bug. [49385]
§ Mrs. BeckettAn extra £18 million has been provided by the Government for the work of Action 2000 to help businesses deal with the Millennium Bug. Action 2000280W has recently finalised its business plan for the new funding which will be published shortly. A major communication and public relations campaign was announced by Action 2000 yesterday and at the same time the current Action 2000 Campaign material which has been updated was relaunched. Action 2000 will undertake further and more detailed monitoring of the state of readiness of small and medium sized companies.