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What studies her Department has made in conjunction with the National Council for Educational Technology of the possible benefits to secondary schools of electronic registration schemes; what is her Department's policy on evaluating the potential of information technology as a means for monitoring pupil attendance; what estimate she has made...

Asked by
Bridget Prentice (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
26 November 1996
Reference
286 c170W; 5868;5869;5871
House
House of Commons

What undertakings were give by the Employment Services Agency to Mr Thomas Docherty in respect of remedying the faults in the NUBS2 computer programmes; and which undertakings have been implemented to date; and other questions on the Employment service and computers. - Text of letter from M E G Fogden...

Asked by
Tony Worthington (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
4 November 1996
Reference
284 c373-5W; 1567;1599;1566;1568;1570;1572;1597;1601;1569;1571;1598
House
House of Commons

What assessment she has made of the savings to-date the Student Loans Company has made from out-sourcing arrangements with the SHL software computer system, compared with the use of in-house services - Chief Executive of Student Loans Company will write.

Asked by
Martin Redmond (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
16 May 1996
Reference
29530; 277 c516W
House
House of Commons

What is the involvement of the United Kingdom in the EU Taskforce on multi-media in education.

Asked by
Anne Campbell (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
25 January 1996
Reference
270 c337W; 11132
House
House of Commons

What action she is taking to represent the views of the United Kingdom education multi-media industry in the European Commission.

Asked by
Anne Campbell (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
24 January 1996
Reference
11130; 270 c286W
House
House of Commons

If she will make a statement on the future of the public access job-broking service; how many stand alone offices providing such a service were in use in (a) 1980, (b) 1985, (c) 1990 and (d) 1995; and if she will list the year of closure of each office and...

Asked by
Rhodri Morgan (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 October 1995
Reference
37205; 264 c241W
House
House of Commons

What guidance his Department has issued to head teachers or governors on computer pornography in schools; how his future plans for tackling it have been affected by the possible closure of the Obscene Publications Branch at Scotland Yard.

Asked by
Bob Spink (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
28 June 1994
Reference
245 c487W;245 c485W
House
House of Commons

What computer systems his Department have brought in for what function, and at what cost for each of the last five years; and in each case whether the computer system is still in use. - Inc figs.

Asked by
Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
13 April 1994
Reference
241 c194W
House
House of Commons

What is the average ratio of computers to students in secondary schools and further and higher education establishments. - Inc figures.

Asked by
Gerry Steinberg (Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 May 1993
Reference
225 c107-8W;225 c105W
House
House of Commons

If he will seek advice on the legal status of a swipe card as a means of recording school attendance with regard to its possible use as an alibi by a juvenile criminal and the legitimacy of shifting the onus of registration from teachers to pupils.

Asked by
Rhodes Boyson (Conservative)
Answering body
Department for Education
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 March 1993
Reference
222 c160W;222 c158W
House
House of Commons

If he will make it his policy to encourage the use of accident management software packages in places of work.

Asked by
Lord Carlile of Berriew (Liberal Democrat)
Answering body
Department of Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 July 1991
Reference
195 c532W;195 c530W
House
House of Commons

What work will be cut, delayed, or contracted-out to enable the Health and Safety Executive's Research and Laboratory Services Division to achieve its stated aim of devoting more resources to organisational and human factors; what expert systems are planned; and how many staff will be devoted exclusively to this priority.

Asked by
Tony Lloyd (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Employment
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
17 December 1990
Reference
183 c77W
House
House of Commons

Statement on progress towards setting up of a standard for safety-critical software. (Failed OPQ).

Asked by
Alice Mahon (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 June 1990
Reference
174 c590W;174 c589-90W
House
House of Commons

Statement on progress towards setting up of a standard for safety-critical software. (Failed OPQ).

Asked by
David Marshall (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 June 1990
Reference
174 c590W;174 c589-90W
House
House of Commons

Statement on progress towards setting up of a standard for safety-critical software. (Failed OPQ).

Asked by
John McWilliam (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
20 June 1990
Reference
174 c590W;174 c589-90W
House
House of Commons

What contribution DTI made to computer-aided design exhibition & conference in Birmingham between 27 & 29 March.

Asked by
Paul Flynn (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
30 March 1990
Reference
170 c349W
House
House of Commons

What assessment has DTI made of circumstances in which decision-making involving public safety could be compromised because of lack of openness to scrutiny by public or scientific community or by commercial secrecy of computer codes which may be involved in that decision-making & whether DTI has identified any occasions on...

Asked by
Nigel Griffiths (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 February 1990
Reference
166 c415-6W;166 c413-4W
House
House of Commons

Details of Govt steps to construct satisfactory criteria to be met by all computer codes which may be used as part of decision-making processes involving public safety.

Asked by
Nigel Griffiths (Labour)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
6 November 1989
Reference
159 c401-2W;159 c399-400W
House
House of Commons

To comment on implications for computer software industry of developments in fuzzy logic.

Asked by
Robert Key (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
8 December 1988
Reference
143 c259W
House
House of Commons

What studies DTI has undertaken into ability of UK software industry to compete with the French, W German & italian software industries after 1992 & to arrange for copies of such studies to be placed in Library. - Includes ref to report entitled "Computing Services Industry 1986-1996 a decade of...

Asked by
Simon Coombs (Conservative)
Answering body
Department of Trade and Industry
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
27 July 1988
Reference
138 c278W
House
House of Commons