Pretty sure Kenneth Baker was involved.

I'll look into this some more and check back.

... Yes, Kenneth Baker was appointed Minister for Information Technology in 1981, by PM Margaret Thatcher.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Baker,_Baron_Baker_of_... [wikipedia]

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=kenneth... [lots of good links here]

source: I'm old, and Google is still awesome.