Ms Patricia Quinn:

I do not pretend to be a technical specialist but it is fair to say that we have used standard products and services from major providers to the fullest extent, principally Microsoft. There is a detailed note about our database in my submission to the committee - but probably not detailed enough for the Deputy - and there are other specific questions that we could answer. We are currently transitioning from one form of database structure to another in line with the growing needs on the data warehouse, as it will become. By and large we work within existing software packages.