§ Mrs. DunwoodyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list for(a) his Department, (b) its NDPBs and (c) its executive agencies, the target date for millennium compliance. [51191]
§ Ms Glenda JacksonThe Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions now publishes plans on the Internet which show targets for millennium compliance and progress made against the targets. These plans are reviewed and updated regularly.
The plans show that the Department's centre has a target date of June 1999 for completion of its business critical systems. The Department's executive agencies are working towards target dates for business critical and operational systems which range from December 1998 to June 1999.
Certain of the Department's key NDPBs will be contributing towards the next reports to be published on the Internet in September 1998.