§ Mr. Keith SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what budget has been allocated within his Department to deal with the millennium bug. [66881]
§ Mr. Spellar[holding answer 21 January 1999]: The estimated additional cost of the total Year 2000 programme within MOD is £200m, which is being found from within existing defence provision by the rescheduling of other tasks. This sum does not include the cost of replacing or upgrading systems as part of a planned program.
§ Mr. Keith SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of his Department's systems are currently not millennium compliant. [66751]
§ Mr. Spellar[holding answer 21 January 1999]: Work to date has concentrated on identifying which MOD equipments are critical to our Defence capability, and ensuring that these systems will be compliant. Currently, around 60 per cent. of such systems are reported as compliant and programmes are in place to ensure that the remaining business critical systems are made compliant in good time.