Earl Attleeasked Her Majesty's Government:
Why the Department of Trade and Industry press release of 4 November entitled "Successful Electronic Commerce is My Goal" (P/98/854) did not quote the Department's e-mail address. [HL3845]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)All DTI press notices are distributed electronically to major media outlets via the Central Office of Information's electronic news distribution system. Each press notice includes the daytime telephone number of the responsible press officer and out of hours telephone numbers. At present, the media's preferred route for follow-up inquiries is by telephone. When documents are published to accompany a press notice, these are posted on DTI's website and the address is usually given on the press notice.
However, we are investigating whether a specific press office e-mail address should be added to the current information for the future.