Written question asked by Lord Willis of Knaresborough (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 2 November 1999, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 November 1999. It was answered by Lord Boateng (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 November 1999 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans he has to seek compensation from the suppliers of software to the Probation Service.

Answer: Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to seek compensation from the suppliers of software to the Probation Service. [97550] Mr. Boateng: The suppliers of the case management software to the Probation Service are contractually obliged to deliver a Year 2000 compliant version of that software by the end of November. Although there was some delay, earlier this year, in progress against plan in the development of that software, the suppliers are now back on schedule to achieve this.

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