HC Deb 02 February 1999 vol 324 cc541-2W
Mr. Mitchell

To ask the Chairman of the Information Committee how many hon. Members currently have access to(a) the PDVN and (b) the Parliamentary Intranet. [68434]

Mr. Allan

There are currently 227 Members registered to access the PDVN in their own name. However, many Members have connected their offices by requesting access for one or more staff members but not for themselves. Analysis of all login IDs issued in the names of Members shows that 517 Members' offices currently have access to the PDVN.

1999 Appropriations
3705 Contribution to secretarial expenses and administrative expenditure of the political groups and expenses of the non-attached Members. £9 million (12.7 Meuro)
3706 Other Political activities £5 million (7.1 Meuro)
3708 Information work £3.9 million (5.25 Meuro)

Access to the Parliamentary Intranet is through the PDVN and is unrestricted, so the numbers are the same. All PDVN users have access to the Intranet.