§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what expenditure has been made on reaching the Key Departmental performance target of upgrading obsolete information technology; to which systems the target refers; and how many units were affected. [83732]
§ Mr. Robin CookExpenditure of £44 million has been incurred on equipment, software and external installation costs to the end of March 1999 on a radical programme to replace obsolete IT and provide a new "Windows" based office automation system and accompanying applications. The system has so far been provided to 5,194 users, including initial installations in the FCO at home.