§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to his answer of 11 May 1999,Official Report, column 119, on information technology, how much of the expenditure incurred was connected with millennium computer compliance. [84515]
§ Mr. HoonNone of the total of f44 million can be specifically identified as being directly related to achieving Y2K compliance. However, the expenditure forms part of the FCO's modernisation programme, which, by replacing obsolete IT, is helping to achieve that compliance.