§ Matthew TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his Answer of 25th November, Official Report, column 80W, on Global Crossing, if he will place the implementation timetable in the Library; how many times there have been circuit interruptions each month since the service level agreements have been in place; and if he will make a statement. [86847]
§ Mr. RammellThe formal implementation timetable forms part of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Telecommunications Network (FTN) contract with Global Crossing. I am therefore withholding552W information about it under Exemption 13 of The Code of Practice on Access to Government Information (Third Party's commercial confidences).
There have been some interruptions to FTN service, as is to be expected from a world-wide network connecting the FCO with 155 of its overseas missions. But the overall performance has been good, and has served the FCO well. Where the responsibility for bringing the network back into operational use has rested with Global Crossing, the SLA requirements have been met. Global Crossing have performed according to contract.