§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Prime Minister if he will list the electronic databases created for No. 10 Downing Street since June 1997 for the purpose of storing parliamentary questions and answers, stating in each case(a) the office or unit concerned, (b) who has access to it, (c) the software employed and (d) the date and cost of its creation. [56250]
§ The Prime MinisterThe No. 10 parliamentary section uses the same database software that was used under previous Administrations, and uses it according to the rules in the civil service code.
All my staff have access to a general information database which includes parliamentary questions for ease of reference and was established in 2000 at no additional cost to my office.