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Cheers,
Colin
Listowner
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http://www.pro.gov.uk/about/access/statement.htm gives:
1901 Online service
Latest statement from the PRO
8 July 2002: Update.
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The Public Record Office apologises for the length of time the testing
has been taking. QinetiQ Ltd, who are responsible for the technical
aspects of the service, are testing the system and the Public Record
Office is also carrying out its own independent test programme. The
final testing is underway and we anticipate it will be completed by the
end of July. If the results of the testing programme are positive it
will be possible to know whether the service is sufficiently robust for
it to go live.
However, the nature of testing is such that it throws up issues that
need to be addressed, and on occasion requires tests to be re-done. This
has meant that we cannot give a firm date for the return of the 1901
Online Service. We are aware that this has caused much frustration to
our customers, frustration which we share, and for which we apologise.
The PRO is committed to creating online access to our most popular
records and we are continuing with our other projects.