§ Mr. HawkinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when all testing on Year 2000 compliance will be completed within his Department. [32602]
§ Dr. David Clark[holding answer 3 March 1998]: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Wolverhampton, South-East (Mr. Turner) on 3 March 1998, Official Report, columns 621–22.
§ Mr. HawkinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the(a) consultants and (b) contractors engaged by his Department to address millennium computer compliance problems, indicating the cost of such consultancies to his Department. [32599]
§ Dr. David Clark[holding answer 3 March 1998]: In the Cabinet Office (which for these purposes includes the Prime Minister's Office, the Office of Public Service and its Agencies) the list of names and costs of consultants and contractors engaged to address specific millennium compliance problems is as follows:
Consultants/Contractors Cost (£) Cabinet Office Chessington Computer Services 11,410 Logica UK Ltd 23,500 Agencies David Hinley Associates 12,165 K2 5,000 Admiral Computing Ltd 15,000 Unisys Ltd 21,000
§ Mr. HawkinsTo ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many individuals working within his Department on millennium compliance have(a) given notice of their intention to leave and (b) left the Department in the last six months. [32590]
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§ Dr. David Clark[holding answer 3 March 1998]: In the Cabinet Office, (which for these purposes includes the Prime Minister's Office, the Office of Public Service and its Agencies) the numbers of individuals working on millennium compliance who have (a) given notice of their intention to leave and (b) left the Department in the last six months are as follows:
- (a) nil
- (b) 1