HC Deb 06 March 1998 vol 307 cc773-4W
Sir Nicholas Lyell

To ask the Attorney-General what is his latest estimate of the costs of millennium compliance for(a) the Crown Prosecution Service, (b) the Serious Fraud Office, (c) the Treasury Solicitor's Department and (d) the Government Property Lawyers; and by what date compliance testing will be completed within (a) to (d). [32567]

The Attorney-General

The position is as follows:

  1. (a) the latest estimate of the costs of millennium compliance for the Crown Prosecution Service is £663,000 with compliance testing expected to be complete by the end of May 1998.
  2. (b) The latest estimate of the cost of millennium compliance for the Serious Fraud Office is £300,000 with compliance testing expected to be complete by the end of the year.
  3. (c) and (d) I would refer to the information place in the library of the House by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on 3 March.