§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from which budgetary sub-head the costs of millennium computer compliance will be met by his Department. [32722]
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeCosts will be met from the IT/Telecoms running costs and capital budget sub-headings:
- Class X, Vote 1, Subheading 11 running costs,
- Class X, Vote 1, Subheading 13 capital costs.
§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) when all testing on Year 2000 computer compliance will be completed within his Department; [32649]
(2) what is his estimate of (a) the date and (b) the cost for the Historic Royal Palaces Agency achieving millennium computer compliance; [32648]
(3) if the estimated cost of achieving millennium computer compliance has been revised since the original estimate for (a) his Department, (b) the Historic Royal Palaces Agency and (c) the Royal Parks Agency; [32723]
(4) if he will estimate the cost to his Department of (a) consultants and (b) contractors engaged by the Department to address millennium computer compliance problems; and if he will list the consultants and contractors. [32721]
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeI refer the hon. Member to the reply given by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 3 March 1998,Official Report, columns 621–22.
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§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many officials or individuals within his Department on millennium computer compliance have(a) given notice of their intention to leave or (b) left his Department in the last six months. [32641]
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeIT provision in my Department, including millennium compliance work, is outsourced to Sema Group Plc. Two individuals working for Sema Group have left in the last six months, but they were not working solely on millennium computer compliance.
§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he last met the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to discuss his Department's progress towards millennium computer compliance. [32651]
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not met my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to discuss the Department's progress towards millennium computer compliance.
§ Mr. SpringTo ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he last met a Treasury Minister to discuss the cost of millennium computer compliance in his Department. [32640]
§ Mr. Tom ClarkeMy right hon. Friend the Secretary of State has not met any Treasury Ministers to discuss the cost of millennium computer compliance in the Department.