Electronic Correspondence

HC Deb 23 June 1999 vol 333 c420W

15. Mr. Ian Bruce

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress he has made in co-ordinating the development of a system to enable Departments to deal with hon. Members' correspondence by e-mail. [86795]

Mr. Kilfoyle

Through the Government Secure Intranet we are building up an infrastructure to enable services such as these to be developed. Twenty-six departments and agencies are now connected to the GSI.