§ Mr. Tim SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what progress his Department is making with 631W the introduction of resource accounting and budgeting; and in respect of which financial year he expects to publish the first set of resource accounts. [4983]
§ Sir Paul BeresfordThe Department of the Environment will be introducing its resource accounting system during 1997-98. The Department, in common with others, is preparing to implement resource budgeting in time to form the basis of the 2000 survey. As set out in Cm 2929, the first published resource accounts for the Department will be in respect of 1999-2000.