§ Mr. MaplesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when he last met the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to discuss the Department's progress regarding millennium compliance. [32308]
§ Mr. Milburn[holding answer 3 March 1998]I attended the Ministerial sub-group on the millennium date change problem, chaired by my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on 5 March 1998.
§ Mr. MaplesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health from which budgetary sub-head the costs of millennium computer compliance will be met by his Department. [32309]
§ Mr. Milburn[holding answer 3 March 1998]Costs for millennium computer compliance are met from the Department's Vote 2 running costs allocation.
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§ Mr. MaplesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many officials or individuals working within his Department on millennium compliance have(a) given notice of their intention to leave, or (b) left the Department in the last six months. [32306]
§ Mr. Milburn[holding answer 3 March 1998]In the last six months one permanent member of staff and one contractor working on the Department's Year 2000 programme have left or given notice of their intention to leave. Both staff have been replaced.
§ Mr. MaplesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health when he last met a Treasury Minister to discuss the costs of millennium computer compliance. [32307]
§ Mr. Milburn[holding answer 3 March 1998]I attended the Ministerial sub-group on the millennium date change problem (MSG), chaired by my right hon. Friend, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on 5 March. Her Majesty's Treasury was represented at MSG by my hon. Friend the Paymaster General.