HC Deb 07 April 2000 vol 347 c629W
Mr. Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Security how many local authorities have installed remote access terminals in the last five years. [118209]

Angela Eagle

The Remote Access Terminal implementation programme started in August 1998. There are currently 392 local authorities with at least one Remote Access Terminal (RAT) installed, and 427 terminals in use.

In this financial year we plan to install a RAT into 14 of the 17 local authorities currently without one.