HC Deb 04 February 2002 vol 379 cc694-5W
Mr. Gray

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when officers of Inland Revenue in the(a) Special Compliance Office Bristol, (b) Large Business Office Bristol and (c) Business Tax Group of International Division were first provided with personal direct access to the Internet from their desk workstations. [32722]

Dawn Primarolo

The information is as follows:

(a)There is only one person in Special Compliance Office Bristol with personal direct access to the internet from their desktop. That access was provided on 27 April 2001.

(b)There is nobody in Large Business Office Bristol with personal direct access to the internet from the desktop.

(c)Twenty members of the Business Tax Group of International Division were provided with personal direct access to the internet from their desktops. That access was provided on 10 September 2001.