§ Mr. Tim SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress his Department is making with the introduction of resource accounting and budgeting; and in respect of which financial year he expects to publish the first set of resource accounts. [4980]
§ Mr. HowardMy Department, on current plans, will be introducing its resource accounting capability during 1997–98 and, in common with other Departments, is preparing to implement resource budgeting in time to form the basis for the year 2000 public expenditure survey. As set out in Cm 2929, the first published resource accounts for the Department will be for the 1999–2000 financial year.